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.

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 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
LocationOperating
country
Year
opened
Year
closed
Abisko Scientific Research StationAbisko, SápmiSweden1903Active
Adam Mickiewicz University Polar StationPetuniabukta, Svalbard, NorwayPoland2011Active
Alomar Observatory[2]Andøya Space, Andøya, SvalbardNorway1994Active
Arctic Yellow River StationNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayChina2003Active
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station (Jean Corbel Station)Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayFrance
Germany
2003Active
Barrow Observatory[3]Point Barrow, AlaskaUnited States1973Active
Begichev Polar StationMaly Begichev Island, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Polar Station[4]Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island. SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
BrønlundhusPeary Land, GreenlandDenmark1947Transformed into a museum
Buor-Khaya Polar Station[5]Buor-Khaya Gulf, SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Canadian High Arctic Research Station[6] (CHARS) campusCambridge Bay, NunavutCanadaTBAActive
Centrumsø Research StationCentrum Lake, GreenlandDenmark1954Abandoned
Chelyuskin Polar Station[7]Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
1932Active
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Polar Station[8]Medvezhyi Islands, SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
1933Active
Churchill Northern Studies Centre[9] (CNSC)Churchill, ManitobaCanada1976Active
Czech Arctic Research Station[10]Longyearbyen and Petuniabukta, Svalbard, NorwayCzechia2014Active
DaneborgWollaston Foreland, GreenlandDenmark1944NA
DanmarkshavnDove Bay, GreenlandDenmark1906Active
Dirigibile Italia Arctic StationNy-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayItaly1997Active
Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch ObservatoryAlert, NunavutCanada1986Active
Dye 3Four different locations in southern GreenlandUnited States19711991
Ernst Krenkel ObservatoryHeiss Island, Arkhangelsk OblastSoviet Union19561980
Flashline Mars Arctic Research StationDevon Island, NunavutCanada2001Active
Golomyanniy Island Polar Station[11][12]Sredniy Island, off Severnaya ZemlyaSoviet Union
Russia
1954NA
Heiberg Polar Station[13]Heiberg Islands, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
19401995
Himadri[14]Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayIndia2008Active
Igloolik Research Centre[15]Igloolik, NunavutCanada1975Active
IndARC[16]Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, NorwayIndia2014Active
International Biological Station Lena-Nordenskiöld[17]Tiksi, SakhaRussia1995Active
Iqaluit Research Centre[18][19]Iqaluit, NunavutCanada1978Active
Isachsen StationEllef Ringnes Island, NunavutCanada19481978
Izluchin Polar StationKomsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Kevo Research Station[20]KevoFinland1958Active
Kap Harald MoltkePeary Land, GreenlandDenmark1972NA
Kigilyakh Research Station[21]Kigilyakh Peninsula, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian IslandsSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station[22][23]KilpisjärviFinland1964Active
Kiruna ObservatoryKirunaSwedenNANA
Kluane Lake Research Station[24]Kluane Lake, YukonCanada1961Active
Koldewey Station Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway Germany 1991 Active, part of APIWEV station
Kolyuchin Polar StationKolyuchin Island, ChukotkaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned in the 1990s
Labytnangi Ecological Research Station[25]Labytnangi, Yamalo-NenetsSoviet Union
Russia
1954Active
Lavrentiya Research StationLavrentiya, ChukotkaSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
McGill Arctic Research Station[26]Axel Heiberg Island, NunavutCanada1960Active
MestersvigScoresby Land, GreenlandDenmark1956Active
Mývatn Research StationMývatnIceland1975Active
NEEM CampNorthern Greenland ice sheet, GreenlandDenmark20082015
Netherlands Arctic Station, Univ Groningen[27]Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayNetherlands1995active
Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar StationKaffiøyra, Svalbard, NorwayPoland1975Active
Station NordPrincess Ingeborg Peninsula, GreenlandDenmark1952Active
North IceNorthern Greenland ice sheet, GreenlandUnited Kingdom19521954
Northeast Science Station[28]Chersky, SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
1977Active
Ny-Ålesund[29]Spitsbergen, SvalbardNorway1967Active
Peschanny Polar StationCape Unslicht, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory[30][31] (PEARL)Eureka, NunavutCanada1993Active
Polish Polar StationHornsund, Svalbard, NorwayPoland1957Active
Popov Polar Station[32]Bely Island, Yamalo-NenetsSoviet Union
Russia
November 1, 1933March 2001
Preobrazheniya Polar StationPreobrazheniya Island, SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Prima Polar Station[33]Cape Baranov, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaSoviet Union
Russia
NAActive
Provideniya Research StationProvideniya, ChukotkaSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Resolute Nunavut Station[34]Resolute, NunavutCanada1947NA
Russky Island Arctic Station[35]Russky Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
19351999
Samoylov Station[36]Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, SakhaRussia1998Active
Samuila Polar StationSamuila Island, Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Sermilik StationAmmassalik Island, GreenlandDenmark1970Active
Sodankylä Arctic Research Centre[37]SodankyläFinlandNANA
Solnechny Polar Station[38]Solnechny Bay, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaSoviet Union
Russia
1952Abandoned
Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar StationWerenskioldbreen, Svalbard, NorwayPoland1971Active
Stolbovoy Meteorological Station[39]Stolbovoy Island, SakhaSoviet Union
Russia
NAAbandoned
Summit StationNear summit of the Greenland ice sheet, GreenlandUnited StatesApril 1989Active
Thule Research Station[40]Pituffik, GreenlandDenmark1995Active
Toolik Field Station[41]Toolik Lake, AlaskaUnited States1975Active
Troynoy Island Polar Station[42]Izvestiy TSIK Islands, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
1953Active
Tuktoyaktuk Station[43]Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest TerritoriesCanadaNA1997
Tundra Ecosystem Research Station[44][45] (TERS)Daring Lake, Northwest TerritoriesCanada1994Active
Tyrtov Island Polar StationTyrtov Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union19401975
Uedineniya Polar StationUyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NA1996
University of Copenhagen Arctic StationQeqertarsuaq, GreenlandDenmark1906Active
Ushakov Island Polar StationUshakov Island, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union19541980s
Vavilov Meteorological Station[46]October Revolution Island, Severnaya ZemlyaSoviet Union19741988
Vize Island Arctic Research StationVize Island, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
November 1, 1945NA
Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station[47]Ward Hunt Island, NunavutCanada1957Active
Western Arctic Research Centre[48]Inuvik, Northwest TerritoriesCanada[49]1964Active
Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex[50]Whapmagoostui, QuebecCanada1971Active
White Sea Biological Station[51] (WSBS MSU)Chupa, Republic of KareliaSoviet Union
Russia
1938Active
Willem Barents Biological Station[52]Meduza Bay, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Wrangel Island Cape Blossom Station[53]Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island, ChukotkaSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Wrangel Island Ushakovskoye Station[54]Ushakovskoye, Wrangel Island, ChukotkaSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Yenisei Ecological Station[55]Mirnoye, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk KraiSoviet Union
Russia
NANA
Villum Research Station[56]Station Nord, North GreenlandDenmark1990Active
Zackenberg StationWollaston Foreland, GreenlandDenmark1997Active
ZeppelinZeppelinfjellet, SvalbardNorway1990Active

Drifting ice stations

Station name Head of the first shift Drift dates Drift coordinates Distance
Began Ended Start Finish Kilometres Miles
North Pole-1I.D.PapaninMay 21, 1937February 19, 193889°25′N 78°40′W70°40′N 19°16′W2,850 1,770
North Pole-2M.M.SomovApril 2, 1950April 11, 195176°03′N 166°36′W81°44′N 163°48′W2,600 1,600
North Pole-3A.F.TrioshnikovApril 4, 1954April 20, 195585°58′N 175°00′W86°00′N 24°00′W1,865 1,159
North Pole-4E.I.TolstikovApril 8, 1954April 19, 195775°48′N 178°25′W85°52′N 00°00′W6,970 4,330
North Pole-5N.A.VolkovApril 21, 1955October 8, 195682°10′N 156°51′E84°18′N 63°20′E3,630 2,260
North Pole-6K.A.SychevApril 19, 1956September 14, 195974°24′N 177°04′W82°06′N 03°56′E8,650 5,370
North Pole-7V.A.VedernikovApril 23, 1957April 11, 195982°06′N 164°11′W85°14′N 33°03′W3,520 2,190
North Pole-8V.M.RogachyovApril 27, 1959March 19, 196276°11′N 164°24′W83°15′N 132°30′W6,090 3,780
North Pole-9V.A.ShamontyevApril 26, 1960March 28, 196177°23′N 163°00′E86°36′N 76°00′W2,660 1,650
North Pole-10N.A.KornilovOctober 17, 1961April 29, 196475°27′N 177°10′E88°32′N 90°30′E3,960 2,460
North Pole-11N.N.BryazginApril 16, 1962April 20, 196377°10′N 165°58′W81°10′N 139°34′W2,400 1,500
North Pole-12L.N.BelyakovApril 30, 1963April 25, 196576°50′N 165°34′W81°06′N 145°47′W1,595 991
North Pole-13A.Ya. BuzuyevApril 22, 1964April 20, 196773°55′N 161°19′W87°55′N 03°32′E3,545 2,203
North Pole-14Yu. B.KonstantinovMay 1, 1965February 12, 196672°42′N 175°25′W76°59′N 154°49′E1,040 650
North Pole-15V.V.PanovApril 15, 1966March 25, 196878°49′N 168°08′E85°45′N 10°30′W2,330 1,450
North Pole-16Yu. B.KonstantinovApril 10, 1968March 22, 197275°31′N 172°00′W86°00′N 85°27′W5,850 3,640
North Pole-17N.I.BlinovApril 18, 1968October 16, 196980°30′N 165°26′E86°48′N 25°20′E1,750 1,090
North Pole-18N.N.OvchinnikovOctober 9, 1969October 24, 197175°10′N 165°02′W86°06′N 153°51′E5,240 3,260
North Pole-19A.N.ChilingarovNovember 7, 1969April 16, 197374°54′N 160°13′E83°08′N 16°17′E6,705 4,166
North Pole-20Yu. P.TikhonovApril 22, 1970May 17, 197275°56′N 175°22′E81°44′N 166°47′W3,780 2,350
North Pole-21G.I.KizinoApril 30, 1972May 17, 197474°06′N 178°15′E86°16′N 143°35′E3,605 2,240
North Pole-22V.G.MorozSeptember 13, 1973April 8, 198276°16′N 168°31′W86°10′N 00°00′W17,069 10,606
North Pole-23V.M.PiguzovDecember 5, 1975November 1, 197873°51′N 178°25′W87°40′N 22°31′W5,786 3,595
North Pole-24I.K.PopovJune 23, 1978November 19, 198076°45′N 163°00′E86°03′N 29°40′E5,652 3,512
North Pole-25V.S.SidorovMay 16, 1981April 20, 198475°01′N 168°35′E85°50′N 122°15′W5,754 3,575
North Pole-26V.S.SidorovMay 21, 1983April 9, 198678°30′N 174°46′E82°46′N 170°31′W5,380 3,340
North Pole-27Yu. P.TikhonovJune 2, 1984May 20, 198778°31′N 160°30′E86°28′N 09°02′W5,655 3,514
North Pole-28A.F.ChernyshovMay 21, 1986January 23, 198980°40′N 168°29′E79°40′N 03°09′E7,634 4,744
North Pole-29V.V.LukinJune 10, 1987August 19, 198880°22.8′N 112°59′E84°42.8′N 56°34.3′W2,686 1,669
North Pole-30V.M.PiguzovOctober 9, 1987April 4, 199174°18′N 171°24′W82°31′N 126°26′W7,675 4,769
North Pole-31V.S.SidorovOctober 22, 1988July 25, 199176°35′N 153°10′W73°33′N 161°04′W5,475 3,402
North Pole-32V.S.KoshelevApril 25, 2003March 6, 200487°52.5′N 148°03′E84°41′N 03°33′W2,418 1,502
North Pole-33A.A.VishnevskySeptember 9, 2004October 5, 200585°05′N 156°31′E86°14′N 95°54′E3,156 1,961
North Pole-34T.V.PetrovskySeptember 19, 2005May 25, 200685°39′N 115°19′E87°26′N 07°39′E2,032 1,263
North Pole-35Vladimir Chupun[57] September 21, 2007July 22, 200881°30′N 103°54′E81°00′N 31°18′E3,614 2,246
North Pole-36Yuri KatrayevSeptember 7, 2008August 24, 200982°32′N 144°56′E85°53′N 26°41′W2,905 1,805
North Pole-37Sergey LesenkovSeptember 7, 2009May 31, 201081°28′N 164°35′W80°04′N 140°40′W2,076 1,290
North Pole-38Tomash PetrovskiyOctober 14, 2010September 20, 201176°07′N 176°32′W83°53′N 154°18′W3,024 1,879
North Pole-39Alexander IpatovOctober 2, 2011September 15, 201284°10′N 148°49′W83°57′N 96°44′W1,885 1,171
North Pole-40Nikolai FomichevOctober 1, 2012June 7, 201385°21′N 142°53′W82°25′N 130°25′W1,736 1,079
North Pole-2015Dmitrij MamadalievApril 11, 2015August 9, 201589°34′N 17°08′W86°15′N 07°52′W714 444
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC Expedition)Markus RexOctober 4, 2019July 30, 202085°00′N 137°00′E[58]N/A1,700 1,100

In fiction

See also

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