List of research stations in the Arctic explained

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 intelligence stations (listening posts) created as a result of the proximity of the U.S. 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

Active research stations
Station nameLocationOperating countryYear establishedSummer populationWinter population
Abisko Scientific Research StationAbisko, Sápmi19031212
Adam Mickiewicz University Polar StationPetuniabukta, Svalbard, Norway2011
Alomar Observatory[2] Andøya Space, Andøya, Svalbard1994
Arctic Yellow River StationNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway2003252
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station (Jean Corbel Station)Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway
200340
Barrow Observatory[3] Point Barrow, Alaska197322
Canadian High Arctic Research Station[4] (CHARS) campusCambridge Bay, Nunavut20192626
E. K. Fyodorov Hydrometeorological Observatory (ex Chelyuskin Polar Station)[5] Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai
1932
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Polar Station[6] Medvezhyi Islands, Sakha
1933
China-Iceland Arctic Science Observatory(CIAO)[7] [8] Kárhóll, Iceland
2018
Churchill Northern Studies Centre[9] (CNSC)Churchill, Manitoba197688
Czech Arctic Research Station[10] Longyearbyen and Petuniabukta, Svalbard, Norway201442
DaneborgWollaston Foreland, Greenland194412
DanmarkshavnDove Bay, Greenland19066
Dirigibile Italia Arctic StationNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway19977
Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch ObservatoryAlert, Nunavut1986
Flashline Mars Arctic Research StationDevon Island, Nunavut200199
Himadri[11] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway20088
Igloolik Research Centre[12] Igloolik, Nunavut19752210
IndARC[13] Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway2014
International Biological Station Lena-Nordenskiöld[14] Tiksi, Sakha1995
Iqaluit Research Centre[15] [16] Iqaluit, Nunavut19782010
Kevo Research Station[17] Kevo1958127
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station[18] [19] Kilpisjärvi1964
Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory[20] [21] Kiruna1957
Kluane Lake Research Station[22] Kluane Lake, Yukon196135
Koldewey StationNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway1991
Labytnangi Ecological Research Station[23] Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets
195425
McGill Arctic Research Station[24] Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut1960120
MestersvigScoresby Land, Greenland1956402
Mývatn Research StationMývatn1975
Netherlands Arctic Station, Univ Groningen[25] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway1995
Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar StationKaffiøyra, Svalbard, Norway197520
Station NordPrincess Ingeborg Peninsula, Greenland1952255
Northeast Science Station[26] Chersky, Sakha
1977655
Ny-Ålesund[27] Spitsbergen, Svalbard196711735
Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory[28] [29] (PEARL)Eureka, Nunavut1993
Polish Polar StationHornsund, Svalbard, Norway195710
Prima Polar Station[30] Cape Baranov, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya
1986
Samoylov Station[31] Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Sakha1998168
Sermilik StationAmmassalik Island, Greenland
1970, 2023306
Sodankylä Arctic Research Centre[32] Sodankylä19493020
Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar StationWerenskioldbreen, Svalbard, Norway1971
Summit StationNear summit of the Greenland ice sheet, Greenland1989505
Thule Research Station[33] Pituffik, Greenland199510
Toolik Field Station[34] Toolik Lake, Alaska1975175
Troynoy Island Polar Station[35] Izvestiy TSIK Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai
195350
Tundra Ecosystem Research Station[36] [37] (TERS)Daring Lake, Northwest Territories1994300
University of Copenhagen Arctic StationQeqertarsuaq, Greenland190639
Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station[38] Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut195790
Western Arctic Research Centre[39] Inuvik, Northwest Territories[40] 196434
Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex[41] Whapmagoostui, Quebec197128
White Sea Biological Station[42] (WSBS MSU)Chupa, Republic of Karelia
193818050
Villum Research Station[43] Station Nord, North Greenland199014
Vize Island Arctic Research StationVize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai
19450
Zackenberg StationWollaston Foreland, Greenland1997250
ZeppelinZeppelinfjellet, Svalbard1990

Drifting ice stations

See main article: Drifting ice station.

Station nameHead of the first shiftDrift start dateDrift end dateDrift start coordinateDrift end coordinateDrift distance (km)
North Pole-1I.D.PapaninMay 21, 1937February 19, 19382,850
North Pole-2M.M.SomovApril 2, 1950April 11, 19512,600
Fletcher's Ice Island19521978
North Pole-3A.F.TrioshnikovApril 4, 1954April 20, 19551,865
North Pole-4E.I.TolstikovApril 8, 1954April 19, 19576,970
North Pole-5N.A.VolkovApril 21, 1955October 8, 19563,630
North Pole-6K.A.SychevApril 19, 1956September 14, 19598,650
North Pole-7V.A.VedernikovApril 23, 1957April 11, 19593,520
North Pole-8V.M.RogachyovApril 27, 1959March 19, 19626,090
North Pole-9V.A.ShamontyevApril 26, 1960March 28, 19612,660
N.A.KornilovOctober 17, 1961April 29, 19643,960
North Pole-11N.N.BryazginApril 16, 1962April 20, 19632,400
North Pole-12L.N.BelyakovApril 30, 1963April 25, 19651,595
North Pole-13A.Ya. BuzuyevApril 22, 1964April 20, 19673,545
North Pole-14Yu. B.KonstantinovMay 1, 1965February 12, 19661,040
North Pole-15V.V.PanovApril 15, 1966March 25, 19682,330
North Pole-16Yu. B.KonstantinovApril 10, 1968March 22, 19725,850
North Pole-17N.I.BlinovApril 18, 1968October 16, 19691,750
North Pole-18N.N.OvchinnikovOctober 9, 1969October 24, 19715,240
North Pole-19A.N.ChilingarovNovember 7, 1969April 16, 19736,705
North Pole-20Yu. P.TikhonovApril 22, 1970May 17, 19723,780
North Pole-21G.I.KizinoApril 30, 1972May 17, 19743,605
North Pole-22V.G.MorozSeptember 13, 1973April 8, 198217,069
North Pole-23V.M.PiguzovDecember 5, 1975November 1, 19785,786
North Pole-24I.K.PopovJune 23, 1978November 19, 19805,652
North Pole-25V.S.SidorovMay 16, 1981April 20, 19845,754
North Pole-26V.S.SidorovMay 21, 1983April 9, 19865,380
North Pole-27Yu. P.TikhonovJune 2, 1984May 20, 19875,655
North Pole-28A.F.ChernyshovMay 21, 1986January 23, 19897,634
North Pole-29V.V.LukinJune 10, 1987August 19, 19882,686
North Pole-30V.M.PiguzovOctober 9, 1987April 4, 19917,675
North Pole-31V.S.SidorovOctober 22, 1988July 25, 19915,475
North Pole-32V.S.KoshelevApril 25, 2003March 6, 20042,418
North Pole-33A.A.VishnevskySeptember 9, 2004October 5, 20053,156
North Pole-34T.V.PetrovskySeptember 19, 2005May 25, 20062,032
North Pole-35Vladimir Chupun[61] September 21, 2007July 22, 20083,614
North Pole-36Yuri KatrayevSeptember 7, 2008August 24, 20092,905
North Pole-37Sergey LesenkovSeptember 7, 2009May 31, 20102,076
North Pole-38Tomash PetrovskiyOctober 14, 2010September 20, 20113,024
North Pole-39Alexander IpatovOctober 2, 2011September 15, 20121,885
North Pole-40Nikolai FomichevOctober 1, 2012June 7, 20131,736
North Pole-2015Dmitrij MamadalievApril 11, 2015August 9, 2015714
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC Expedition)Markus RexOctober 4, 2019July 30, 2020[62] N/A1,700

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Pole drifting stations (1930s-1980s). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 30 April 2009.
  2. Web site: Alomar Observatory. Andoya Space.
  3. Web site: Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory. NOAA. Earth System Research Laboratories.
  4. Web site: Welcome to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. Canada.ca. 6 September 2023.
  5. https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2017/09/northernmost-tip-eurasian-mainland-showoff-northern-fleet-capacity 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
  6. http://www.arktika-antarktida.ru/arktikast2.shtml История полярных арктических станций с 30-х годов XX века (History of polar arctic stations from the 1930s in the XX century)
  7. https://karholl.is/en/ China-Iceland Joint Arctic Observatory Official Website
  8. https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/karholl-research-station/ CHINA ICELAND ARCTIC RESEARCH OBSERVATORY EU-INTERACT
  9. https://churchillscience.ca/ Churchill Northern Studies Centre
  10. https://www.prf.jcu.cz/en/faculty/departments/czech-arctic-research-station Czech Arctic Research Station
  11. Web site: Asian Arctic Research 2005-2012 . Iselin . Stensdal . . May 2, 2014 . 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503010758/http://www.fni.no/doc%26pdf/FNI-R0313.pdf . May 3, 2014 .
  12. http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/links_researchers/research/publications/stations/igloolik/igloolik.htm Igloolik Research Centre, Igloolik, Igloolik Island, NU
  13. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107789 India Deploys its First Sub-Surface Ocean Moored Observatory in the Arctic
  14. https://www.yakutiatravel.com/tag/lena-bio-station International Biological Station (IBS) “Lena-Nordenskiold”, Lena River Delta
  15. http://cnnro.ca/iqaluit-research-centre/ Iqaluit Research Centre
  16. http://cnnro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Iqaluit-Research-Centre.pdf Iqaluit Research Centre, Nunavut Arctic College (Nunavut Research Institute)
  17. Web site: Kevo Research Station - Turun yliopisto . 2016-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223223116/https://www.utu.fi/en/units/cerut/kevo/station/Pages/home.aspx . 2019-02-23 . dead .
  18. http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/station/start.htm Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
  19. http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/ University of Helsinki - Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
  20. https://www.irf.se/en/observatory-activities/ Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory
  21. https://www.irf.se/en/ Swedish Institute of Space Physics
  22. https://klrs.ca/ Kluane Lake Research Station
  23. http://www.uran.ru/sites/default/files/pictures/press18.pdf Labytnangi Ecological Research Station
  24. https://www.mcgill.ca/mars/ McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS)
  25. Web site: The Netherlands Arctic Station.
  26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6246926.stm BBC news report
  27. https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/uk-arctic-research-station/ UK Arctic Research Station
  28. http://cnnro.ca/polar-environment-atmospheric-research-laboratory-pearl/ Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory
  29. http://www.candac.ca/candac/Facilities/facility.php?type=PEARL Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, PEARL
  30. http://www.ec-arctic.ru/photos/view_photo.php3?id=1159,section=20 Фотогалерея: 2004 - "Полярное Кольцо" - Местонахождение: 17 мая, Северная Земля, о.Большевик, м.Баранова, п/ст Примах
  31. https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/island-samoylov.html Samoylov Station
  32. http://fmiarc.fmi.fi/ FMI ARC
  33. https://www.isaaffik.org/thule-research-station-technical-university-denmark Thule Research Station
  34. https://toolik.alaska.edu/ Toolik Field Station
  35. News: Luhn. Alec. Hunt, Elle. Besieged Russian Scientists Drive Away Polar Bears. 14 December 2016. The Guardian. 14 September 2016.
  36. http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/en/services/research-and-data/tundra-ecosystem-research-station Tundra Ecosystem Research Station
  37. Web site: Tundra Ecosystem Research Station (TERS) . 2016-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162657/http://www.eu-interact.org/en/field-sites/canada-10/western-arctic-research-centre-warc/ . 2016-12-21 . dead .
  38. http://cnnro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Ward-Hunt-Island-Observatory-Research-Station-.pdf Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station; Centre d’études nordiques (CEN)/ Centre for Northern Studies
  39. http://cnnro.ca/western-arctic-research-centre/ Western Arctic Research Centre
  40. Web site: Western Arctic Research Centre (WARC) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162657/http://www.eu-interact.org/en/field-sites/canada-10/western-arctic-research-centre-warc/ . 2016-12-21 . 2016-12-21.
  41. https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/cen-whapmagoostui-kuujuarapik-research-station/ CEN Whapmagoostui-Kuujuarapik Research Station
  42. http://en.wsbs-msu.ru/ White Sea Biological Station (WSBS MSU)
  44. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122090617/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000700240034-6.pdf Soviets gather geographic data in Arctic - CIA
  45. http://www.ec-arctic.ru/eng/photos/view_photo.php3?id=629,section=15,page=11 Deserted Buor-Khaya Polar Station
  46. http://ultima0thule.blogspot.com/2016/02/golomyanniy-station-in-severnaya-zemlya.html Golomyanniy Station in Severnaya Zemlya
  47. http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/1014681/Urvancev_-_Dva_goda_na_severnoy_zemle.html Книга: Два года на северной земле
  48. Web site: ДИКСОН — СНЕЖНОЙ АРКТИКИ СТОЛИЦА. К 90-ЛЕТИЮ НАЧАЛА НАБЛЮДЕНИЙ НА о. ДИКСОН . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111121024330/http://www.sevmeteo.ru/articles/4/137.shtml . November 21, 2011.
  49. Web site: Kigilyakh. Mapcarta. 22 July 2019.
  50. http://www.neespi.org/web-content/meetings/Fairbanks_2006/Gruzinov.pdf Popov Polar Station
  51. https://can-ndc.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (NEM)
  52. F. Romanenko, O. Shilovtseva. Russian-Soviet polar stations and their role in the Arctic Seas exploration. Moscow State University, Geography Department, 1998
  53. Web site: Polyarnaya Stantsiya Solnechnaya. Mapcarta. 19 December 2016.
  54. http://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/severniy_morskoy_put_osnashchaetsya_sovremennimi_priborami_navigatsii.html Северный морской путь оснащается современными приборами навигации
  55. http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/links_researchers/research/publications/stations/tuktoy/tuktoy.htm Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.
  56. 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0001:QTMBOI]2.0.CO;2 . 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 . university of Colorado . 38 . 1 . 1–12 . 13 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303065340/http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/phys/2007-0530-200530/UUindex.html . 3 March 2012. 20.500.11820/b0c68834-118f-4e1f-8d83-4768fda0c71f . free .
  57. https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/willem-barents-biological-station/ Willem Barents Biological Station
  58. http://eng.ostrovwrangelya.org/ State Nature Reserve “Wrangel Island
  59. Web site: Ministry of Natural Resources of the russian Federation – History of Wrangel Island . 2019-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050227080916/http://www.mnr.gov.ru/old_site/part/?pid=887 . 2005-02-27 . dead.
  60. http://www.sevin.ru/menues1/index_eng.html?../stations_eng/mirnoe_lab.html Enisei Ecological Station “Mirnoe”
  61. Web site: Скалина . Ирина . Опасный дрейф; Полярников эвакуируют на судне "Михаил Сомов" . Российская газета . 10 July 2008 . web . 2008-07-12 . (Russian/English) Web site: Skalina . Irina . A dangerous drift; Polarnik evacuated on the ship "Mikhail Somov" . Google Translation . Rossiyskaya Gazeta . July 10, 2008 . web . 2008-07-12 .
  62. Web site: MOSAiC - eoportal directory.

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