The SCAR Marine Biodiversity Network (SCAR MarBIN), coordinated by Claude de Broyer and Bruno Danis has been honoured with an IPY data sharing award (see http://classic.ipy.org/start/index.php/forums/viewthread/120/)
The data set in the Global Change Master Directory, “Checklist of Antarctic and Subantarctic Hyperiidea ” was selected as the grand prize winner in the IPY data sharing Contest. The award includes full travel, lodging and registration costs for the IPY Open Science Conference in June in Oslo (http://www.ipy-osc.no/).
Antarctic Biodiversity Portal Blogs 