IPY: Ice Planet Earth

新汉普郡大学地球、海洋和空间研究所正在与休斯顿自然科学博物馆和Evans&Amp；Sutherland，Inc.(盐湖城)合作制作冰行星地球，这是一个30分钟可更新的数字全穹顶天文馆展览，以及极地研究人员的各种教育项目、教师教育材料和由大学维护的冰行星地球网站。其他合作伙伴包括匹兹堡、巴吞鲁日、协和、NH、波特兰、或澳大利亚墨尔本和以色列海法的组织。该项目的科学重点是通过地球作为一个独特的冰和水世界的观点，研究极地地区在全球联系系统中的关键作用。随着参观者进入影院，两款可更新的演出前产品正在开发中：一种是时长5分钟的Polar Immersion预览，其中包括由实地研究人员拍摄的不断变化的高分辨率鱼眼图像；另一种是在主要功能开始之前更新的Polar Events，将由天文馆工作人员现场呈现。据估计，在这些计划的整个生命周期内，上座率至少为150万人。波士顿莱斯利大学的项目评估和研究小组(PERG)正在进行评估。

The University of New Hampshire Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space is partnering with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Evans & Sutherland, Inc. (Salt Lake City) to produce Ice Planet Earth, a 30-minute updateable digital full-dome planetarium show, along with a variety of educational programs by polar researchers, educational materials for teachers, and an Ice Planet Earth Web site maintained by the University. Additional partners include organizations in Pittsburgh, Baton Rouge, Concord, NH, Portland, OR and in Melbourne Australia and Haifa Israel. The project's science focus is on the key role of the polar regions in globally-linked systems through the viewpoint of Earth as a unique ice and water world. Two updateable pre-show products are being developed a five-minute-long Polar Immersion preview as visitors enter the theaters that incorporates changing high-resolution fisheye images taken by researchers in the field, and Polar Events Update just before the main feature begins that will be presented live by planetarium staff. Estimated attendance over the life of the programs is estimated to be a minimum of 1.5 million. Evaluation is being conducted by the Program Evaluation and Research Group (PERG) at Lesley University, Boston.