National Institute of Polar Research Science Database

The Polar Data Center (PDC) manages the Science Database among other repositories for Japanese polar research. The Science Database is the destination repository for all Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) data as well as the Japanese contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008. Metadata are in English and Japanese, and metadata records are shared with the Global Change Master Directory.

极地数据中心（PDC）负责管理日本极地研究领域的科学数据库以及其他数据存储库。科学数据库是日本南极研究考察队（JARE）所有数据以及日本对2007-2008年国际极年（IPY）贡献的最终存储地。元数据采用英语和日语两种语言，且元数据记录与全球变化主目录共享。