• Source: National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)

National Institute of Polar Research, NIPR (Japanese: 国立極地研究所, Hepburn: Kokuritsu-kyokuchi-kenkyūsho) is the research institute responsible for scientific research and observation of the polar regions. NIPR manages several observation stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. It was founded in 1973.




Research topics


The NIPR conducts Arctic observations of the atmosphere, ice sheets, Earth’s magnetic field and the ecosystems of the polar regions.




Research stations


NIPR is an inter-university research institute that has observation stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Stations are located in Svalbard, Greenland, Northern Scandinavia, Queen Maud Land, and Iceland.

Asuka Station
Dome F
Mizuho Station
Showa Station




Asteroid


Asteroid 7773 Kyokuchiken was named in honor of The National Institute of Polar Research (by its shortened Japanese name "Kyokuchiken"). The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111797).




See also


Polar Science
Glossary of meteoritics




References






Further reading


Yanai K., Kojima H., Haramura H. (1995): Catalog of Antarctic Meteorites. NIPR, Tokyo
William A. Cassidy, Meteorites, Ice and Antarctica, Cambridge University Press (2003), ISBN 0-521-25872-3




External links


Official Japanese website
Official English website
Future Symposiums at the National Institute of Polar Research
Antarctic Meteorite Research (journal)
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research

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