Infrastructure

Svalbard has been a platform for international Arctic research since the beginning of the 20th century. E.g., G.M.B. Dobson performed first total ozone measurements in Longyearbyen in the late 1920s. Poland established a permanent Arctic research station in Hornsund during the International Geophysical Year, and many meteorological, ionospheric and other geophysical measurements have been continued since. During the last 20 years, many countries under the Svalbard Treaty have established Arctic research stations, mostly in Ny-Ålesund.

     
    Ny-Ålesund

• French-German Arctic Research Base (AWIPEV)
• Sverdrup Station (Norwegian Polar Institute) 
• Dirigibile Italia Station (CNR)
• Zeppelin Observatory (Norway, Sweden, USA, Greece)
• Harland House, UK
• Kings Bay Marine Laboratory
• Japanese Station Ny-Ålesund
• Arctic Dasan Station, S-Korea
• Arctic Yellow River Station, PR China
  
  
  Longyearbyen
  
• University Centre in Svalbard
• EISCAT Svalbard Radar
• Kjell-Henriksen Observatory 
   
  
  Hornsund
• Polish Polar Station
  
  
  Barentsburg
• PGI Research Station 
  
  
  Marine observation platforms
• AOEM
• HAUSGARTEN Seafloor Observatory
• ARCOONE