국토지리학회지 ISSN:1225-3766(Print) THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF KOREA

As global warming causes rising ocean temperatures, the decline of glaciers in the polar regions is accelerating. Because the Antarctic and Arctic are vast in scale and difficult to access, there were limitations in immediately detecting changes. However, as accessibiliy to the polar regions improves each year, data acquisition through exploration of the polar regions is becoming easier, accordingly, research to develop a new Arctic shipping route is emerging as a new national agenda. Since 2010, In korea, Korea Polar Research Institute(KOPRI) has been conducting polar ocean research by obtaining various types of polar ocean observation data using the icebreaker research vessel “Araon”. This “Araon” operates during the summer season in polar regions(the Arctic : July to October, the Antarctic : November to March), but as the number of days of operation on the Northern Sea Route increases every year, it is considered a green light for developing the Northern Sea Route. With the advancement of IT and computing technology, spatial information has rapidly permeated every aspect of our lives. With the evolution of various spatial information platforms and the recent integration of technologies like IoT and AI, it is being widely utilized in diverse fields such as autonomous driving, smart cities, fire prevention, environmental protection, resource management, and climate change. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to suggest a direction for the construction of an integrated polar spatial information system to promote the utilization of polar data, which is currently operated according to the individual tasks of each ministry, and to manage it continuously. This study is significant in that it expands the openness of polar spatial information and activates data sharing and utilization by suggesting directions through analysis of existing polar systems(Star, Kaos).