Indian Arctic Research Station Himadri to Study Climate Change

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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)

Update: July 04

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