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 the earth.
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Location of some of the major research stations in the Arctic
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 facilities 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
Drifting ice stations
Station name | Head of the first shift | Drift dates | Drift coordinates | Distance (km) | ||
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Began | Ended | Start | Finish | |||
North Pole-1 | I.D.Papanin | May 21, 1937 | February 19, 1938 | 89°25′N 78°40′W | 70°40′N 19°16′W | 2,850 |
North Pole-2 | M.M.Somov | April 2, 1950 | April 11, 1951 | 76°03′N 166°36′W | 81°44′N 163°48′W | 2,600 |
North Pole-3 | A.F.Trioshnikov | April 4, 1954 | April 20, 1955 | 85°58′N 175°00′W | 86°00′N 24°00′W | 1,865 |
North Pole-4 | E.I.Tolstikov | April 8, 1954 | April 19, 1957 | 75°48′N 178°25′W | 85°52′N 00°00′W | 6,970 |
North Pole-5 | N.A.Volkov | April 21, 1955 | October 8, 1956 | 82°10′N 156°51′E | 84°18′N 63°20′E | 3,630 |
North Pole-6 | K.A.Sychev | April 19, 1956 | September 14, 1959 | 74°24′N 177°04′W | 82°06′N 03°56′E | 8,650 |
North Pole-7 | V.A.Vedernikov | April 23, 1957 | April 11, 1959 | 82°06′N 164°11′W | 85°14′N 33°03′W | 3,520 |
North Pole-8 | V.M.Rogachyov | April 27, 1959 | March 19, 1962 | 76°11′N 164°24′W | 83°15′N 132°30′W | 6,090 |
North Pole-9 | V.A.Shamontyev | April 26, 1960 | March 28, 1961 | 77°23′N 163°00′E | 86°36′N 76°00′W | 2,660 |
North Pole-10 | N.A.Kornilov | October 17, 1961 | April 29, 1964 | 75°27′N 177°10′E | 88°32′N 90°30′E | 3,960 |
North Pole-11 | N.N.Bryazgin | April 16, 1962 | April 20, 1963 | 77°10′N 165°58′W | 81°10′N 139°34′W | 2,400 |
North Pole-12 | L.N.Belyakov | April 30, 1963 | April 25, 1965 | 76°50′N 165°34′W | 81°06′N 145°47′W | 1,595 |
North Pole-13 | A.Ya. Buzuyev | April 22, 1964 | April 20, 1967 | 73°55′N 161°19′W | 87°55′N 03°32′E | 3,545 |
North Pole-14 | Yu. B.Konstantinov | May 1, 1965 | February 12, 1966 | 72°42′N 175°25′W | 76°59′N 154°49′E | 1,040 |
North Pole-15 | V.V.Panov | April 15, 1966 | March 25, 1968 | 78°49′N 168°08′E | 85°45′N 10°30′W | 2,330 |
North Pole-16 | Yu. B.Konstantinov | April 10, 1968 | March 22, 1972 | 75°31′N 172°00′W | 86°00′N 85°27′W | 5,850 |
North Pole-17 | N.I.Blinov | April 18, 1968 | October 16, 1969 | 80°30′N 165°26′E | 86°48′N 25°20′E | 1,750 |
North Pole-18 | N.N.Ovchinnikov | October 9, 1969 | October 24, 1971 | 75°10′N 165°02′W | 86°06′N 153°51′E | 5,240 |
North Pole-19 | A.N.Chilingarov | November 7, 1969 | April 16, 1973 | 74°54′N 160°13′E | 83°08′N 16°17′E | 6,705 |
North Pole-20 | Yu. P.Tikhonov | April 22, 1970 | May 17, 1972 | 75°56′N 175°22′E | 81°44′N 166°47′W | 3,780 |
North Pole-21 | G.I.Kizino | April 30, 1972 | May 17, 1974 | 74°06′N 178°15′E | 86°16′N 143°35′E | 3,605 |
North Pole-22 | V.G.Moroz | September 13, 1973 | April 8, 1982 | 76°16′N 168°31′W | 86°10′N 00°00′W | 17,069 |
North Pole-23 | V.M.Piguzov | December 5, 1975 | November 1, 1978 | 73°51′N 178°25′W | 87°40′N 22°31′W | 5,786 |
North Pole-24 | I.K.Popov | June 23, 1978 | November 19, 1980 | 76°45′N 163°00′E | 86°03′N 29°40′E | 5,652 |
North Pole-25 | V.S.Sidorov | May 16, 1981 | April 20, 1984 | 75°01′N 168°35′E | 85°50′N 122°15′W | 5,754 |
North Pole-26 | V.S.Sidorov | May 21, 1983 | April 9, 1986 | 78°30′N 174°46′E | 82°46′N 170°31′W | 5,380 |
North Pole-27 | Yu. P.Tikhonov | June 2, 1984 | May 20, 1987 | 78°31′N 160°30′E | 86°28′N 09°02′W | 5,655 |
North Pole-28 | A.F.Chernyshov | May 21, 1986 | January 23, 1989 | 80°40′N 168°29′E | 79°40′N 03°09′E | 7,634 |
North Pole-29 | V.V.Lukin | June 10, 1987 | August 19, 1988 | 80°22.8′N 112°59′E | 84°42.8′N 56°34.3′W | 2,686 |
North Pole-30 | V.M.Piguzov | October 9, 1987 | April 4, 1991 | 74°18′N 171°24′W | 82°31′N 126°26′W | 7,675 |
North Pole-31 | V.S.Sidorov | October 22, 1988 | July 25, 1991 | 76°35′N 153°10′W | 73°33′N 161°04′W | 5,475 |
North Pole-32 | V.S.Koshelev | April 25, 2003 | March 6, 2004 | 87°52.5′N 148°03′E | 84°41′N 03°33′W | 2,418 |
North Pole-33 | A.A.Vishnevsky | September 9, 2004 | October 5, 2005 | 85°05′N 156°31′E | 86°14′N 95°54′E | 3,156 |
North Pole-34 | T.V.Petrovsky | September 19, 2005 | May 25, 2006 | 85°39′N 115°19′E | 87°26′N 07°39′E | 2,032 |
North Pole-35 | Vladimir Chupun[56] | September 21, 2007 | July 22, 2008 | 81°30′N 103°54′E | 81°00′N 31°18′E | 3,614 |
North Pole-36 | Yuri Katrayev | September 7, 2008 | August 24, 2009 | 82°32′N 144°56′E | 85°53′N 26°41′W | 2,905 |
North Pole-37 | Sergey Lesenkov | September 7, 2009 | May 31, 2010 | 81°28′N 164°35′W | 80°04′N 140°40′W | 2,076 |
North Pole-38 | Tomash Petrovskiy | October 14, 2010 | September 20, 2011 | 76°07′N 176°32′W | 83°53′N 154°18′W | 3,024 |
North Pole-39 | Alexander Ipatov | October 2, 2011 | September 15, 2012 | 84°10′N 148°49′W | 83°57′N 96°44′W | 1,885 |
North Pole-40 | Nikolai Fomichev | October 1, 2012 | June 7, 2013 | 85°21′N 142°53′W | 82°25′N 130°25′W | 1,736 |
North Pole-2015 | Dmitrij Mamadaliev | April 11, 2015 | August 9, 2015 | 86°15′N 07°52′W | 714 | |
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC Expedition) | Markus Rex | September 27, 2019 | August or September, 2020 | NA | NA | NA |
- Fletcher's Ice Island, US (1952 - 1978)
In fiction
- Ice Station Zebra (novel), by Alistair MacLean
- Ice Station Zebra (1968 film)
- Ice Station Zebra a songon Boarding House Reach
- Ice Station, by Matthew Reilly
- Ice Station -- Impossible!, an episode of The Venture Bros.
- Ice Station Santa, an episode of Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
Gallery
- View of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund.
- View of the Arctic research station on Vize Island.
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
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External links
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
- Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)
- Russian Arctic Weather Stations - Julie Stephenson
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