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[1] |
Andøya Space, Andøya, Svalbard |
Norway |
1994 |
Active |
Arctic Yellow River Station |
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway |
China |
2003 |
Active |
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station |
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway |
France Germany |
2003 |
Active |
Barrow Observatory[2] |
Point Barrow, Alaska |
United States |
1973 |
Active |
Begichev Polar Station |
Maly Begichev Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Polar Station[3] |
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island. Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Brønlundhus |
Peary Land, Greenland |
Denmark |
1947 |
Transformed into a museum |
Buor-Khaya Polar Station[4] |
Buor-Khaya Gulf, Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Canadian High Arctic Research Station[5] (CHARS) campus |
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut |
Canada |
TBA |
Active |
Centrumsø Research Station |
Centrum Lake, Greenland |
Denmark |
1954 |
Abandoned |
Chelyuskin Polar Station[6] |
Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
1932 |
Active |
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Polar Station[7] |
Medvezhyi Islands, Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
1933 |
Active |
Churchill Northern Studies Centre[8] (CNSC) |
Churchill, Manitoba |
Canada |
1976 |
Active |
Czech Arctic Research Station |
Longyearbyen and Petuniabukta, Svalbard, Norway |
Czechia |
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[9][10] |
Sredniy Island, off Severnaya Zemlya |
Soviet Union Russia |
1954 |
NA |
Heiberg Polar Station[11] |
Heiberg Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
1940 |
1995 |
Himadri[12] |
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway |
India |
2008 |
Active |
Igloolik Research Centre[13] |
Igloolik, Nunavut |
Canada |
1975 |
Active |
IndARC[14] |
Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway |
India |
2014 |
Active |
International Biological Station Lena-Nordenskiöld[15] |
Tiksi, Sakha |
Russia |
1995 |
Active |
Iqaluit Research Centre[16][17] |
Iqaluit, Nunavut |
Canada |
1978 |
Active |
Isachsen Station |
Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut |
Canada |
1948 |
1978 |
Izluchin Polar Station |
Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Kevo Research Station[18] |
Kevo |
Finland |
1958 |
Active |
Kap Harald Moltke |
Peary Land, Greenland |
Denmark |
1972 |
NA |
Kigilyakh Research Station[19] |
Kigilyakh Peninsula, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Kilpisjärvi Biological Station[20][21] |
Kilpisjärvi |
Finland |
1964 |
Active |
Kiruna Observatory |
Kiruna |
Sweden |
NA |
NA |
Kluane Lake Research Station[22] |
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 |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned in the 1990s |
Labytnangi Ecological Research Station[23] |
Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets |
Soviet Union Russia |
1954 |
Active |
Lavrentiya Research Station |
Lavrentiya, Chukotka |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
McGill Arctic Research Station[24] |
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[25] |
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[26] |
Chersky, Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
1977 |
Active |
Ny-Ålesund[27] |
Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
Norway |
1967 |
Active |
Peschanny Polar Station |
Cape Unslicht, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory[28][29] (PEARL) |
Eureka, Nunavut |
Canada |
1993 |
Active |
Polish Polar Station |
Hornsund, Svalbard, Norway |
Poland |
1957 |
Active |
Popov Polar Station[30] |
Bely Island, Yamalo-Nenets |
Soviet Union Russia |
November 1, 1933 |
March 2001 |
Preobrazheniya Polar Station |
Preobrazheniya Island, Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Prima Polar Station[31] |
Cape Baranov, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Active |
Provideniya Research Station |
Provideniya, Chukotka |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Resolute Nunavut Station[32] |
Resolute, Nunavut |
Canada |
1947 |
NA |
Russky Island Arctic Station[33] |
Russky Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
1935 |
1999 |
Samoylov Station[34] |
Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Sakha |
Russia |
1998 |
Active |
Samuila Polar Station |
Samuila Island, Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Sermilik Station |
Ammassalik Island, Greenland |
Denmark |
1970 |
Active |
Sodankylä Arctic Research Centre[35] |
Sodankylä |
Finland |
NA |
NA |
Solnechny Polar Station[36] |
Solnechny Bay, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Soviet Union Russia |
1952 |
Abandoned |
Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station |
Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard, Norway |
Poland |
1971 |
Active |
Stolbovoy Meteorological Station[37] |
Stolbovoy Island, Sakha |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
Abandoned |
Summit Station |
Near summit of the Greenland ice sheet, Greenland |
United States |
April 1989 |
Active |
Thule Research Station[38] |
Pituffik, Greenland |
Denmark |
1995 |
Active |
Toolik Field Station[39] |
Toolik Lake, Alaska |
United States |
1975 |
Active |
Troynoy Island Polar Station[40] |
Izvestiy TSIK Islands, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
1953 |
Active |
Tuktoyaktuk Station[41] |
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories |
Canada |
NA |
1997 |
Tundra Ecosystem Research Station[42][43] (TERS) |
Daring Lake, Northwest Territories |
Canada |
1994 |
Active |
Tyrtov Island Polar Station |
Tyrtov Island, Nordenskiöld Archipelago, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union |
1940 |
1975 |
Uedineniya Polar Station |
Uyedineniya Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
1996 |
University of Copenhagen Arctic Station |
Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland |
Denmark |
1906 |
Active |
Ushakov Island Polar Station |
Ushakov Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union |
1954 |
1980s |
Vavilov Meteorological Station[44] |
October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya |
Soviet Union |
1974 |
1988 |
Vize Island Arctic Research Station |
Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
November 1, 1945 |
NA |
Ward Hunt Island Observatory Research Station[45] |
Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut |
Canada |
1957 |
Active |
Western Arctic Research Centre[46] |
Inuvik, Northwest Territories |
Canada[47] |
1964 |
Active |
Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex[48] |
Whapmagoostui, Quebec |
Canada |
1971 |
Active |
White Sea Biological Station[49] (WSBS MSU) |
Chupa, Republic of Karelia |
Soviet Union Russia |
1938 |
Active |
Willem Barents Biological Station[50] |
Meduza Bay, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Wrangel Island Cape Blossom Station[51] |
Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island, Chukotka |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Wrangel Island Ushakovskoye Station[52] |
Ushakovskoye, Wrangel Island, Chukotka |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Yenisei Ecological Station[53] |
Mirnoye, Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Soviet Union Russia |
NA |
NA |
Villum Research Station[54] |
Station Nord, North Greenland |
Denmark |
1990 |
Active |
Zackenberg Station |
Wollaston Foreland, Greenland |
Denmark |
1997 |
Active |
Zeppelin |
Zeppelinfjellet, Svalbard |
Norway |
1990 |
Active |