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Because geoscientific research often occurs via community-instigated bursts of activity with multi-investigator collaborations variously labelled as e.g., years (The International Polar Year IPY), experiments (World Ocean Circulation Experiment WOCE), programs (International Ocean Discovery Program), missions (CRYOSAT spacecraft), or decades (The International Decade of Ocean Exploration IDOE), successful attainment of research goals generally requires skilful scientific project management.\u00a0In addition to the usual challenges of matching scientific ambitions to limited resources, on-going coordination and specifically project management, planning and implementation of polar science projects often involve many uncertainties caused by, for example, unpredictable weather or ocean and sea ice conditions, large-scale logistical juggling; and often these collaborations are spatially distributed and take place virtually. Large amounts of funding are needed to procure the considerable infrastructure and technical equipment required for polar expeditions; permissions to enter certain regions must be requested; and potential risks for expedition members as well as technical issues in extreme environments need to be considered. All these aspects are challenging for polar science projects, which therefore need a well thought-through program including a realistic alternative \u201cplan B\u201d and possibly also a \u201cplan C\u201d and \u201cplan D\u201d. The four most challenging overarching themes in polar science project management have been identified: international cooperation, interdisciplinarity, infrastructure, and community management. In this paper, we address ongoing challenges and opportunities in polar science project management based on a survey among 199\u00a0project and community managers and an additional of 85 project team members active in the field of polar sciences. Case studies and survey results are discussed with the conclusive goal to provide recommendations on how to fully reach the potential of polar sciences project and community management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5194\/adgeo-46-25-2019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,29]],"date-time":"2019-04-29T13:48:54Z","timestamp":1556545734000},"page":"25-43","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Project and Community Management in Polar Sciences \u2013 Challenges and Opportunities"],"prefix":"10.5194","volume":"46","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5260-0348","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kirstin","family":"Werner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yulia","family":"Zaika","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alexey K.","family":"Pavlov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sven","family":"Lidstr\u00f6m","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9699-7500","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Allen","family":"Pope","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Renuka","family":"Badhe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Marlen","family":"Br\u00fcckner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4791-0776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luisa","family":"Cristini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"3145","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"AAAS: AAAS State of Scientific Community Management Survey, available at: https:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/2642025\/AAAS-State-of-Scientific-Community-Management-Survey, last access: 28\u00a0June\u00a02018."},{"key":"ref2","unstructured":"AAAS CEFP: Community Engagement Fellows Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science, available at: https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/cefp\/what-is-community-engagement, last access: 13 June 2018."},{"key":"ref3","unstructured":"Antarctic Treaty: Original version from 1 December 1959, available at: https:\/\/www.ats.aq\/documents\/ats\/treaty_original.pdf (last access: 29\u00a0June\u00a02018), 1959."},{"key":"ref4","unstructured":"Antarctic Treaty Secretariat: https:\/\/www.ats.aq\/index_e.htm, last access: 23\u00a0April\u00a02019"},{"key":"ref5","unstructured":"Arctic Council: Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation, available at: https:\/\/www.state.gov\/e\/oes\/rls\/other\/2017\/270809.htm (last access: 23\u00a0April\u00a02019), 2017."},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Aubry, M. and Li\u00e8vre, P.: Ambidexterity as a competence of project leaders: a case study from two polar expeditions, Proj. 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