The International Arctic Buoy Program is headquartered at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States.
IABP participating countries include Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, and the United States.
[1] Commonly, 25 to 40 buoys operate at any given time and provide real-time position, pressure, temperature, and interpolated ice velocity.
[2] In support of the International Polar Year, the IABP will deploy over 120 buoys, at over 80 different locations, during the period of April–August 2008.
[3] The organization's annual meeting provides discussion on instrumentation, forecasting, observations, and outlook.