List of research stations in the Arctic

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"Polar station" redirects here. For analogous stations in Antarctica, see Research stations in Antarctica.
File:Major Research Stations in the Arctic.jpg
Location of some of the major 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.

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

Station
name		 Location Operating
country		 Year
opened		 Year
closed
Abisko Scientific Research Station Abisko, Sápmi  Sweden 1903 Active
Adam Mickiewicz University Polar Station Petuniabukta, Svalbard, Norway  Poland 2011 Active
Alomar Observatory[2] Andøya Space, Andøya, Svalbard  Norway 1994 Active
Arctic Yellow River Station Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  China 2003 Active
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station (Jean Corbel Station) Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  France Germany 2003 Active
Barrow Observatory[3] Point Barrow, Alaska  United States 1973 Active
Begichev Polar Station Maly Begichev Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Polar Station[4] Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island. Sakha  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Brønlundhus Peary Land, Greenland  Denmark 1947 Transformed into a museum
Buor-Khaya Polar Station[5] Buor-Khaya Gulf, Sakha  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Canadian High Arctic Research Station[6] (CHARS) campus Cambridge Bay, Nunavut  Canada TBA Active
Centrumsø Research Station Centrum Lake, Greenland  Denmark 1954 Abandoned
Chelyuskin Polar Station[7] Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union 1932 Active
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Polar Station[8] Medvezhyi Islands, Sakha  Russia Soviet Union 1933 Active
Churchill Northern Studies Centre[9] (CNSC) Churchill, Manitoba  Canada 1976 Active
Czech Arctic Research Station[10] Longyearbyen and Petuniabukta, Svalbard, Norway  Czech Republic 2014 Active
Daneborg Wollaston Foreland, Greenland  Denmark 1944 NA
Danmarkshavn Dove Bay, Greenland  Denmark 1906 Active
Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  Italy 1997 Active
Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory Alert, Nunavut  Canada 1986 Active
Dye 3 Four different locations in southern Greenland  United States 1971 1991
Ernst Krenkel Observatory Heiss Island, Arkhangelsk Oblast  Soviet Union 1956 1980
Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station Devon Island, Nunavut  Canada 2001 Active
Golomyanniy Island Polar Station[11][12] Sredniy Island, off Severnaya Zemlya  Russia Soviet Union 1954 NA
Heiberg Polar Station[13] Heiberg Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union 1940 1995
Himadri[14] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  India 2008 Active
Igloolik Research Centre[15] Igloolik, Nunavut  Canada 1975 Active
IndARC[16] Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway  India 2014 Active
International Biological Station Lena-Nordenskiöld[17] Tiksi, Sakha  Russia 1995 Active
Iqaluit Research Centre[18][19] Iqaluit, Nunavut  Canada 1978 Active
Isachsen Station Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut  Canada 1948 1978
Izluchin Polar Station Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Kevo Research Station[20] Kevo  Finland 1958 Active
Kap Harald Moltke Peary Land, Greenland  Denmark 1972 NA
Kigilyakh Research Station[21] Kigilyakh Peninsula, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station[22][23] Kilpisjärvi  Finland 1964 Active
Kiruna Observatory Kiruna  Sweden NA NA
Kluane Lake Research Station[24] Kluane Lake, Yukon  Canada 1961 Active
Koldewey Station Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  Germany 1991 Active, part of APIWEV station
Kolyuchin Polar Station Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned in the 1990s
Labytnangi Ecological Research Station[25] Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets  Russia Soviet Union 1954 Active
Lavrentiya Research Station Lavrentiya, Chukotka  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
McGill Arctic Research Station[26] Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut  Canada 1960 Active
Mestersvig Scoresby Land, Greenland  Denmark 1956 Active
Mývatn Research Station Mývatn  Iceland 1975 Active
NEEM Camp Northern Greenland ice sheet, Greenland  Denmark 2008 2015
Netherlands Arctic Station, Univ Groningen[27] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway  Netherlands 1995 Active
Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station Kaffiøyra, Svalbard, Norway  Poland 1975 Active
Station Nord Princess Ingeborg Peninsula, Greenland  Denmark 1952 Active
North Ice Northern Greenland ice sheet, Greenland  United Kingdom 1952 1954
Northeast Science Station[28] Chersky, Sakha  Russia Soviet Union 1977 Active
Ny-Ålesund[29] Spitsbergen, Svalbard  Norway 1967 Active
Peschanny Polar Station Cape Unslicht, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory[30][31] (PEARL) Eureka, Nunavut  Canada 1993 Active
Polish Polar Station Hornsund, Svalbard, Norway  Poland 1957 Active
Popov Polar Station[32] Bely Island, Yamalo-Nenets  Russia Soviet Union November 1, 1933 March 2001
Preobrazheniya Polar Station Preobrazheniya Island, Sakha  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Prima Polar Station[33] Cape Baranov, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya  Russia Soviet Union NA Active
Provideniya Research Station Provideniya, Chukotka  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Resolute Nunavut Station[34] Resolute, Nunavut  Canada 1947 NA
Russky Island Arctic Station[35] Russky Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union 1935 1999
Samoylov Station[36] Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Sakha  Russia 1998 Active
Samuila Polar Station Samuila Island, Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Sermilik Station Ammassalik Island, Greenland  Denmark 1970 Active
Sodankylä Arctic Research Centre[37] Sodankylä  Finland NA NA
Solnechny Polar Station[38] Solnechny Bay, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya  Russia Soviet Union 1952 Abandoned
Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard, Norway  Poland 1971 Active
Stolbovoy Meteorological Station[39] Stolbovoy Island, Sakha  Russia Soviet Union NA Abandoned
Summit Station Near summit of the Greenland ice sheet, Greenland  United States April 1989 Active
Thule Research Station[40] Pituffik, Greenland  Denmark 1995 Active
Toolik Field Station[41] Toolik Lake, Alaska  United States 1975 Active
Troynoy Island Polar Station[42] Izvestiy TSIK Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union 1953 Active
Tuktoyaktuk Station[43] Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories  Canada NA 1997
Tundra Ecosystem Research Station[44][45] (TERS) Daring Lake, Northwest Territories  Canada 1994 Active
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 NA 1996
University of Copenhagen Arctic Station Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland  Denmark 1906 Active
Ushakov Island Polar Station Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union 1954 1980s
Vavilov Meteorological Station[46] October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya  Russia Soviet Union 1974 1988
Vize Island Arctic Research Station Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union November 1, 1945 NA
Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station[47] Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut  Canada 1957 Active
Western Arctic Research Centre[48] Inuvik, Northwest Territories  Canada[49] 1964 Active
Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex[50] Whapmagoostui, Quebec  Canada 1971 Active
White Sea Biological Station[51] (WSBS MSU) Chupa, Republic of Karelia  Russia Soviet Union 1938 Active
Willem Barents Biological Station[52] Meduza Bay, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Wrangel Island Cape Blossom Station[53] Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island, Chukotka  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Wrangel Island Ushakovskoye Station[54] Ushakovskoye, Wrangel Island, Chukotka  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Yenisei Ecological Station[55] Mirnoye, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia Soviet Union NA NA
Villum Research Station[56] Station Nord, North Greenland  Denmark 1990 Active
Zackenberg Station Wollaston Foreland, Greenland  Denmark 1997 Active
Zeppelin Zeppelinfjellet, Svalbard  Norway 1990 Active

Drifting ice stations

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Main article: Drifting ice station
Station name Head of the first shift Drift dates Drift coordinates Distance
Began Ended Start Finish Kilometres Miles
North Pole-1 I.D.Papanin May 21, 1937 February 19, 1938 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,850 1,770
North Pole-2 M.M.Somov April 2, 1950 April 11, 1951 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,600 1,600
North Pole-3 A.F.Trioshnikov April 4, 1954 April 20, 1955 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,865 1,159
North Pole-4 E.I.Tolstikov April 8, 1954 April 19, 1957 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6,970 4,330
North Pole-5 N.A.Volkov April 21, 1955 October 8, 1956 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,630 2,260
North Pole-6 K.A.Sychev April 19, 1956 September 14, 1959 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8,650 5,370
North Pole-7 V.A.Vedernikov April 23, 1957 April 11, 1959 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,520 2,190
North Pole-8 V.M.Rogachyov April 27, 1959 March 19, 1962 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6,090 3,780
North Pole-9 V.A.Shamontyev April 26, 1960 March 28, 1961 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,660 1,650
North Pole-10 N.A.Kornilov October 17, 1961 April 29, 1964 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,960 2,460
North Pole-11 N.N.Bryazgin April 16, 1962 April 20, 1963 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,400 1,500
North Pole-12 L.N.Belyakov April 30, 1963 April 25, 1965 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,595 991
North Pole-13 A.Ya. Buzuyev April 22, 1964 April 20, 1967 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,545 2,203
North Pole-14 Yu. B.Konstantinov May 1, 1965 February 12, 1966 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,040 650
North Pole-15 V.V.Panov April 15, 1966 March 25, 1968 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,330 1,450
North Pole-16 Yu. B.Konstantinov April 10, 1968 March 22, 1972 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,850 3,640
North Pole-17 N.I.Blinov April 18, 1968 October 16, 1969 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,750 1,090
North Pole-18 N.N.Ovchinnikov October 9, 1969 October 24, 1971 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,240 3,260
North Pole-19 A.N.Chilingarov November 7, 1969 April 16, 1973 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6,705 4,166
North Pole-20 Yu. P.Tikhonov April 22, 1970 May 17, 1972 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,780 2,350
North Pole-21 G.I.Kizino April 30, 1972 May 17, 1974 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,605 2,240
North Pole-22 V.G.Moroz September 13, 1973 April 8, 1982 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 17,069 10,606
North Pole-23 V.M.Piguzov December 5, 1975 November 1, 1978 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,786 3,595
North Pole-24 I.K.Popov June 23, 1978 November 19, 1980 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,652 3,512
North Pole-25 V.S.Sidorov May 16, 1981 April 20, 1984 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,754 3,575
North Pole-26 V.S.Sidorov May 21, 1983 April 9, 1986 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,380 3,340
North Pole-27 Yu. P.Tikhonov June 2, 1984 May 20, 1987 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,655 3,514
North Pole-28 A.F.Chernyshov May 21, 1986 January 23, 1989 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7,634 4,744
North Pole-29 V.V.Lukin June 10, 1987 August 19, 1988 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,686 1,669
North Pole-30 V.M.Piguzov October 9, 1987 April 4, 1991 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7,675 4,769
North Pole-31 V.S.Sidorov October 22, 1988 July 25, 1991 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 5,475 3,402
North Pole-32 V.S.Koshelev April 25, 2003 March 6, 2004 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,418 1,502
North Pole-33 A.A.Vishnevsky September 9, 2004 October 5, 2005 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,156 1,961
North Pole-34 T.V.Petrovsky September 19, 2005 May 25, 2006 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,032 1,263
North Pole-35 Vladimir Chupun[57] September 21, 2007 July 22, 2008 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,614 2,246
North Pole-36 Yuri Katrayev September 7, 2008 August 24, 2009 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,905 1,805
North Pole-37 Sergey Lesenkov September 7, 2009 May 31, 2010 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2,076 1,290
North Pole-38 Tomash Petrovskiy October 14, 2010 September 20, 2011 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 3,024 1,879
North Pole-39 Alexander Ipatov October 2, 2011 September 15, 2012 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,885 1,171
North Pole-40 Nikolai Fomichev October 1, 2012 June 7, 2013 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,736 1,079
North Pole-2015 Dmitrij Mamadaliev April 11, 2015 August 9, 2015 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 714 444
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC Expedition) Markus Rex October 4, 2019 July 30, 2020 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[58] N/A 1,700 1,100

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Alomar Observatory
  3. ↑ Barrow Observatory - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
  4. ↑ Soviets gather geographic data in Arctic - CIA
  5. ↑ Deserted Buor-Khaya Polar Station
  6. ↑ Welcome to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Campus
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ История полярных арктических станций с 30-х годов XX века (History of polar arctic stations from the 1930s in the XX century)
  9. ↑ Churchill Northern Studies Centre
  10. ↑ Czech Arctic Research Station
  11. ↑ Golomyanniy Station in Severnaya Zemlya
  12. ↑ Книга: Два года на северной земле
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Igloolik Research Centre, Igloolik, Igloolik Island, NU
  16. ↑ India Deploys its First Sub-Surface Ocean Moored Observatory in the Arctic
  17. ↑ International Biological Station (IBS) “Lena-Nordenskiold”, Lena River Delta
  18. ↑ Iqaluit Research Centre
  19. ↑ Iqaluit Research Centre, Nunavut Arctic College (Nunavut Research Institute)
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
  23. ↑ University of Helsinki - Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
  24. ↑ Kluane Lake Research Station
  25. ↑ Labytnangi Ecological Research Station
  26. ↑ McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS)
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ BBC news report
  29. ↑ UK Arctic Research Station
  30. ↑ Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory
  31. ↑ Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, PEARL
  32. ↑ Popov Polar Station
  33. ↑ Фотогалерея: 2004 - "Полярное Кольцо" - Местонахождение: 17 мая, Северная Земля, о.Большевик, м.Баранова, п/ст Примах
  34. ↑ Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (NEM)
  35. ↑ F. Romanenko, O. Shilovtseva. Russian-Soviet polar stations and their role in the Arctic Seas exploration. Moscow State University, Geography Department, 1998
  36. ↑ Samoylov Station
  37. ↑ FMI ARC
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ Северный морской путь оснащается современными приборами навигации
  40. ↑ Thule Research Station
  41. ↑ Toolik Field Station
  42. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. ↑ Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.
  44. ↑ Tundra Ecosystem Research Station
  45. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  47. ↑ Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station; Centre d’études nordiques (CEN)/ Centre for Northern Studies
  48. ↑ Western Arctic Research Centre
  49. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  50. ↑ CEN Whapmagoostui-Kuujuarapik Research Station
  51. ↑ White Sea Biological Station (WSBS MSU)
  52. ↑ Willem Barents Biological Station
  53. ↑ State Nature Reserve “Wrangel Island
  54. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  55. ↑ Enisei Ecological Station “Mirnoe”
  56. ↑ <www.villumresearchstation.dk><Goodsite, M. Skov, H. Asmund, G. Bennike, O. Feilberg, A. Glasius, M. Gross, A. Hermanson, M.H. (2014) Pilot Study of Contaminants near Station Nord, a Military Airbase and Research Station in NE Greenland. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Cities and Military Installations: Climate Change Impact on Energy and Environmental Security. Conference paper 177-98. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7161-1_10.>
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