Yellow River Station | |
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中国北极黄河站 | |
General information | |
Location | Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway |
Coordinates | 78°55′24″N 11°56′04″E / 78.9232°N 11.9345°E |
Opened | 2003 |
The Arctic Yellow River Station (simplified Chinese: 黄河站; traditional Chinese: 黃河站; pinyin: Huánghé Zhàn) was established by the Polar Research Institute of China in Ny-Ålesund, on Svalbard in Norway, in 2003.[1][2][3]
Scientists at the station conducted research into the Aurora Borealis, microbes in the ice-pack, glacier monitoring, arctic biogeochemistry, and atmospheric research.[1][4][5]