I-IASC ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-2005.
I-International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) eyasungulwa ngo-1990, iyinhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, yobulungu bamazwe ngamazwe ekhuthaza, ekhuthaza futhi yenza lula ukubambisana kuzo zonke izici zocwaningo lwe-Arctic, nakuzo zonke izingxenye ze-Arctic. I-IASC ilwela ukuhlanganisa isayensi yabantu, yezenhlalo neyemvelo ephathelene ne-Arctic futhi inikeze izeluleko zesayensi ezindabeni ze-Arctic.
Umsebenzi omkhulu we-IASC ukusiza ngokuthuthukiswa kwamaphrojekthi ocwaningo lapho ukubambisana kwe-circumarctic noma kwamanye amazwe kuyadingeka. Ulwazi mayelana namaphrojekthi aqhubekayo luyatholakala ku-Project Catalogue yonyaka (amakhophi aphrintiwe kanye nakuwebhusayithi).
Amalungu e-IASC yizinhlangano zesayensi kazwelonke (imvamisa ama-academy kazwelonke wezesayensi). Njengamanje amazwe angama-23 amelwe.
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