National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
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is the Japan
ese research institute for Antarctica. The agency manages several research bases on the continent:
Since 1969 a new topics began: the collecting meteorites. In the Meteorite Collection of the NIPR there almost 17000 specimens of meteorites. This is one, of the largest meteorite collections all over the world.
The Antarctic meteorite research is guided in the United States by ANSMET
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, Romania
, Denmark
, Belgium
. In the set students can study the most interesting meteorite types. Even Lunar and Martian meteorites can be found in the set.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese research institute for Antarctica. The agency manages several research bases on the continent:
Research Centers in the NIPR
The NIPR has several research centers on Antarctica topics. Among others there are meteorological, geological, glacier motion, life science, ice dynamics, etc.Since 1969 a new topics began: the collecting meteorites. In the Meteorite Collection of the NIPR there almost 17000 specimens of meteorites. This is one, of the largest meteorite collections all over the world.
The Antarctic meteorite research is guided in the United States by ANSMET
ANSMET
ANSMET is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. This geographical area serves as a collection point for meteorites that have originally fallen on the extensive high-altitude ice fields...
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Antarctic Stations
- Asuka StationAsuka Station (Antarctica)The is a permanent Japanese Antarctic unmanned observation base. It is located on Queen Maud Land and was opened in 1985....
- Mizuho StationMizuho Station (Antarctica)The was a permanent Japanese Antarctic transshipment station. Located on Mizuho Plateau 2230 m above sea level, it was opened in 1970. It was operated by the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research, and closed in 1987. It is occasionally visited by some parties for meteorological and...
Planetary Science Education
The NIPR Antarctic Meteorite Research Center loans a set of 30 thin sections of various meteorite types. The Institute prepared 20 sets of this collection. They were used in several European countries, too: in HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. In the set students can study the most interesting meteorite types. Even Lunar and Martian meteorites can be found in the set.
External links
NIPR website The homepage of the NIPR The Antarctic expeditions- Symposiums at the National Institute of Polar Research.
- Antarctic Meteorite Research (journal)
- Polar Science (journal)