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 Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory[24] [25] |
Kiruna |
Sweden |
1957 |
Active
|
Kluane Lake Research Station[26] |
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[27] |
Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets |
Russia Soviet Union |
1954 |
Active
|
Lavrentiya Research Station |
Lavrentiya, Chukotka |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
McGill Arctic Research Station[28] |
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[29] |
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[30] |
Chersky, Sakha |
Russia Soviet Union |
1977 |
Active
|
Ny-Ålesund[31] |
Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
Norway |
1967 |
Active
|
Peschanny Polar Station |
Cape Unslicht, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
Abandoned
|
Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory[32][33] (PEARL) |
Eureka, Nunavut |
Canada |
1993 |
Active
|
Polish Polar Station |
Hornsund, Svalbard, Norway |
Poland |
1957 |
Active
|
Popov Polar Station[34] |
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[35] |
Cape Baranov, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
Active
|
Provideniya Research Station |
Provideniya, Chukotka |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
Resolute Nunavut Station[36] |
Resolute, Nunavut |
Canada |
1947 |
NA
|
Russky Island Arctic Station[37] |
Russky Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Russia Soviet Union |
1935 |
1999
|
Samoylov Station[38] |
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[39] |
Sodankylä |
Finland |
NA |
NA
|
Solnechny Polar Station[40] |
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[41] |
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[42] |
Pituffik, Greenland |
Denmark |
1995 |
Active
|
Toolik Field Station[43] |
Toolik Lake, Alaska |
United States |
1975 |
Active
|
Troynoy Island Polar Station[44] |
Izvestiy TSIK Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Russia Soviet Union |
1953 |
Active
|
Tuktoyaktuk Station[45] |
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories |
Canada |
NA |
1997
|
Tundra Ecosystem Research Station[46][47] (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[48] |
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[49] |
Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut |
Canada |
1957 |
Active
|
Western Arctic Research Centre[50] |
Inuvik, Northwest Territories |
Canada[51] |
1964 |
Active
|
Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex[52] |
Whapmagoostui, Quebec |
Canada |
1971 |
Active
|
White Sea Biological Station[53] (WSBS MSU) |
Chupa, Republic of Karelia |
Russia Soviet Union |
1938 |
Active
|
Willem Barents Biological Station[54] |
Meduza Bay, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
Wrangel Island Cape Blossom Station[55] |
Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island, Chukotka |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
Wrangel Island Ushakovskoye Station[56] |
Ushakovskoye, Wrangel Island, Chukotka |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
Yenisei Ecological Station[57] |
Mirnoye, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Russia Soviet Union |
NA |
NA
|
Villum Research Station[58] |
Station Nord, North Greenland |
Denmark |
1990 |
Active
|
Zackenberg Station |
Wollaston Foreland, Greenland |
Denmark |
1997 |
Active
|
Zeppelin |
Zeppelinfjellet, Svalbard |
Norway |
1990 |
Active
|