| AWIPEV | |
| Official Name: | AWIPEV Arctic Research Station |
| Pushpin Map: | Arctic |
| Coordinates: | 78.925°N 11.9222°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
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| Subdivision Type1: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name1: | AWI IPEV |
| Subdivision Type2: | Activities |
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| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | All Year-round |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Period |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Annual |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Status |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Operational |
The AWIPEV Arctic Research Station is located in the arctic, on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. The station is part of the research base of Ny-Ålesund, owned and managed by Kings Bay AS. Researchers from more than 10 countries are based here. The AWIPEV station is leased and operated by the French Polar Institute (IPEV) and its German counterpart, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).
The AWIPEV station is founded in 2003 by IPEV and AWI. At the time, IPEV was managing the French Arctic stations of Rabot and Corbel, AWI was managing the German station Koldewey. In order to increase French-German cooperation in the Arctic, making bi-national projects and sharing the logistics, both polar institutes decided to merge their resources and create the first German-French bi-national polar station. AWIPEV can host up to 40 people. The maximum capacity at Ny-Alesund is 180 persons.[1]
The AWIPEV research station disposes of several buildings: