Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station
Airship Italia Arctic station
Base artica Dirigibile Italia | |
|---|---|
Research Station | |
 Airship Italia Arctic station in 2012 | |
  Airship Italia Arctic station | |
| Coordinates: 78°55′N 11°56′E / 78.917°N 11.933°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Named for | Airship Italia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Polar Research Organisation |
| • Body | National Research Council of Italy |
The Dirigibile Italia Arctic station (in Italian: Base artica Dirigibile Italia) is an Italian research station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway.
Managed by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), it was inaugurated in May 1997,[1] in memory of the Airship Italia expedition of Umberto Nobile (1928).
It is a 330 m² permanent research station with laboratories and offices which can host up to seven people, but it is inhabited only in case of ongoing scientific activities; the scientific studies, coordinated by the CNR Polar Network, include: "chemistry and physics of the atmosphere, marine biology, technology research, oceanography/limnology, environmental studies, human biology and medicine".[2]
The research station runs also the Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower,[3] measuring atmospheric parameters, installed by the Kings Bay and inaugurated on 30 April 2009.[4]
See also
- List of research stations in the Arctic
- Airship Italia
- Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower
- National Research Council (Italy)
- Ny-Ålesund
References
- ^ Tamburelli, Gianfranco (2008). The Antarctic Legal System: The Protection of the Environment of the Polar Regions. Giuffrè Editore. p. prefaz.
- ^ "Climate Change Tower Integrated Project". isac.cnr.it. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "Climate Change Tower Integrated Project". isac.cnr.it. Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "Research stations in Ny-Ålesund". kingsbay.no. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
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