AWIPEV Arctic Research Station

The AWIPEV Arctic Research Station is located in the far arctic, on the Svalbard archipelago. The Station is part of the international research base of Ny-Ålesund, an international scientific base that represents more than 10 countries. The AWIPEV station is operated by the French Polar Institute and its German counterpart, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

AWIPEV "Blue House", administrative building and temporary staff housing
AWIPEV
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station
AWIPEV
Coordinates: 78°55′30″N 11°55′20″E
Country Germany
 France
Administered byAWI
IPEV
Activities
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Permafrost studies
  • Glaciology
  • Balloon soundings
  • Biology
  • Satellite telecommunication
Established2003 (2003)
Population
  • Ny-Alesund max capacity : 180
  • AWIPEV max capacity: 40
TypeAll Year-round
PeriodAnnual
StatusOperational

History

The AWIPEV station is founded in 2003 by IPEV and AWI. At the time, IPEV was managing the French Arctic stations of Rabot and Corbel, AWI was managing the German station Koldewey. In order to increase French-German cooperation in the Arctic, making bi-national projects and sharing the logistics, both polar institutes decided to merge their resources and create the first German-French bi-national polar station.[1] AWIPEV can host up to 40 people. The maximum capacity at Ny-Alesund is 180 persons.[2]

Infrastructures & Facilities

The AWIPEV research station disposes of several buildings:[1]

  • the "Blue House" : base leader office, guest rooms and offices
  • Rabot building : Logistics engineer office, workshop, guest rooms
  • Atmospheric Observatory: Observatory engineer office, LIDARs, Instruments roof bay[1]
  • Sounding balloon house
  • Corbel Station
  • Champ antennas
  • Snow scooters garage

Research projects

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References
  1. "AWIPEV Arctic Research Base - AWI". www.awi.de. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "AWIPEV Arctic Research Base". INTERACT. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
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