India inaugurated Arctic Research Station ‘Himadri’ on July 01. India is already having a Research Station in Antarctica since 1982.
Some of the interesting features of Himadri are:
- Indian Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Shri Kapil Sibal inaugurated the Indian research station
- equipped with state of the art facilities for round the year scientific research with special emphasis on climate change
- India joins as the 11th country to have established a full-fledged research station in Arctic in addition to Britain, Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands, Sweden and Norway
- located at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard archipelago and is 1200 kms from the North Pole
- to be managed by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences
- the inaugural function at Ny-Alesund was attended by eminent polar scientists, diplomats and policy makers of various countries
- on this occasion a Memorandum of Understanding on Polar research was also signed between the NCAOR and Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
Read more from The Hindu and Thaindian News.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
