List of research stations in the Arctic
A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in the Arctic. Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth.
Historically few research stations have been permanent. Most of them were temporary, being abandoned after the completion of the project or owing to lack of funding to continue the research. Some of these were military or listening posts created as a result of the proximity of the United States and Soviet Union to each other's landmass across the polar region.
Ice stations are constructed on land or on ice that rests on land, while others are drifting ice stations built on the sea ice of the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean.[1]
Research stations
| Station name | Location | Operating country | Est. | Closed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Begichev Polar Station | Maly Begichev Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Polar Station[44] | Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island. Sakha | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Borg wintering station | Off Borgjøkel, Queen Louise Land, Greenland | Denmark | 1912 | 1913 | Abandoned |
| Eismitte | Greenland ice sheet, Greenland | Germany | 1930 | 1931 | Abandoned |
| Britannia Sø Field Camp | Britannia Lake, Queen Louise Land, Greenland | United Kingdom | 1952 | 1954 | Abandoned |
| Brønlundhus | Peary Land, Greenland | Denmark | 1947 | Transformed into a museum | |
| Buor-Khaya Polar Station[45] | Buor-Khaya Gulf, Sakha | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Centrumsø Research Station | Centrum Lake, Greenland | Denmark | 1954 | Abandoned | |
| Dye 3 | Four different locations in southern Greenland | United States | 1971 | 1991 | |
| Ernst Krenkel Observatory | Hayes Island (Heiss Island), Arkhangelsk Oblast | Soviet Union | 1956 | 1980 | |
| Golomyanniy Island Polar Station[46][47] | Sredniy Island, off Severnaya Zemlya | Russia Soviet Union | 1954 | ||
| Heiberg Polar Station[48] | Heiberg Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | 1940 | 1995 | |
| Isachsen Station | Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut | Canada | 1948 | 1978 | |
| Izluchin Polar Station | Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Kap Harald Moltke | Peary Land, Greenland | Denmark | 1972 | ||
| Kigilyakh Research Station[49] | Kigilyakh Peninsula, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| Kolyuchin Polar Station | Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka | Russia Soviet Union | 1990s | Abandoned | |
| Lavrentiya Research Station | Lavrentiya, Chukotka | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| NEEM Camp | Northern Greenland ice sheet, Greenland | Denmark | 2008 | 2015 | |
| North Ice | Northern Greenland ice sheet, Greenland | United Kingdom | 1952 | 1954 | |
| Oststation | Jameson Land, Greenland | Germany | 1930 | 1931 | Abandoned |
| Peschanny Polar Station | Cape Unslicht, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Popov Polar Station[50] | Bely Island, Yamalo-Nenets | Russia Soviet Union | 1933 | 2001 | |
| Preobrazheniya Polar Station | Preobrazheniya Island, Sakha | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Provideniya Research Station | Provideniya, Chukotka | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| Resolute Nunavut Station[51] | Resolute, Nunavut | Canada | 1947 | ||
| Russky Island Arctic Station[52] | Russky Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | 1935 | 1999 | |
| Samuila Polar Station | Samuila Island, Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Solnechny Polar Station[53] | Solnechny Bay, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya | Russia Soviet Union | 1952 | Abandoned | |
| Stolbovoy Meteorological Station[54] | Stolbovoy Island, Sakha | Russia Soviet Union | Abandoned | ||
| Tuktoyaktuk Station[55] | Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories | Canada | 1997 | ||
| Tyrtov Island Polar Station | Tyrtov Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | 1940 | 1975 | |
| Uedineniya Polar Station | Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | 1996 | ||
| Ushakov Island Polar Station | Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | 1954 | 1980s | |
| Vavilov Meteorological Station[56] | October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya | Russia Soviet Union | 1974 | 1988 | |
| Willem Barents Biological Station[57] | Meduza Bay, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| Wrangel Island Cape Blossom Station[58] | Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island, Chukotka | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| Wrangel Island Ushakovskoye Station[59] | Ushakovskoye, Wrangel Island, Chukotka | Russia Soviet Union | |||
| Yenisei Ecological Station[60] | Mirnoye, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia Soviet Union |
Drifting ice stations
Gallery
View of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard (Norway)
View of the Arctic research station on Wiese Island, Russia
See also
- List of Arctic research programs
- Research stations in Antarctica
- List of northernmost settlements
- Winter-over syndrome
- Barneo, one-month tourist ice camp annual since 2002
References
- ↑ "North Pole drifting stations (1930s-1980s)". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
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- ↑ "Welcome to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station". Canada.ca. September 6, 2023.
- ↑ On northernmost tip of Eurasian mainland, a showoff of Northern Fleet capacity; Navy vessels put ashore a group of Arctic soldiers at Cape Chelyuskin, 77° North, by Atle Staalesen, The Barents Observer
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- ↑ Deserted Buor-Khaya Polar Station
- ↑ Golomyanniy Station in Severnaya Zemlya
- ↑ Книга: Два года на северной земле
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- ↑ "Kigilyakh". Mapcarta. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ↑ Popov Polar Station
- ↑ Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (NEM)
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- ↑ Северный морской путь оснащается современными приборами навигации
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- ↑ Bassford, Robin; Siegert, Martin; Dowdeswell, Julian; Oerlemans, Johannes; Glazovsky, Andrey; Macheret, Yuri (February 2006). "Quantifying the Mass Balance of Ice Caps on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic. I: Climate and Mass Balance of the Vavilov Ice Cap". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 38 (1). university of Colorado: 1–12. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0001:QTMBOI]2.0.CO;2. hdl:20.500.11820/b0c68834-118f-4e1f-8d83-4768fda0c71f. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Willem Barents Biological Station
- ↑ State Nature Reserve "Wrangel Island
- ↑ "Ministry of Natural Resources of the russian Federation – History of Wrangel Island". Archived from the original on February 27, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ↑ Enisei Ecological Station "Mirnoe"
- ↑ Скалина, Ирина (July 10, 2008). "Опасный дрейф; Полярников эвакуируют на судне "Михаил Сомов"". Российская газета. Retrieved July 12, 2008. (Russian/English) Skalina, Irina (July 10, 2008). "A dangerous drift; Polarnik evacuated on the ship "Mikhail Somov"". Google Translation. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
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External links
Media related to Scientific stations in the Arctic at Wikimedia Commons- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
- Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)
- Russian Arctic Weather Stations - Julie Stephenson