National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)

National Institute of Polar Research

国立極地研究所

Abbreviation| NIPR
Formation| 1973; 52 years ago (1973)
Website| www.nipr.ac.jp

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

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The NIPR conducts Arctic observations of the atmosphere, ice sheets, Earth’s magnetic field and the ecosystems of the polar regions.[1]

## Research stations

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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

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Asteroid 7773 Kyokuchiken was named in honor of The National Institute of Polar Research (by its shortened Japanese name "Kyokuchiken").[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111797).[3]

## See also

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* Polar Science
* Glossary of meteoritics

## References

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1. ^ "NIPR: About Us".
2. ^ "7773 Kyokuchiken (1992 FS)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
3. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

## Further reading

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* 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

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* 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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