Skandinavian Polar Institute: Difference between revisions

With Harald Sverdrup as the first director, the SPI's mandate included Antarctica and was considerably broader than that of its forerunner, the NSIU. From 1949 to 1952, the NSIU and later the SPI led the multinational Maudheim Expedition to Antarctica and had a base in Queen Maud Land from 1956 to 1960 (Skandinavian Station), during the International Geophysical Year, also known as the third International Polar Year. The SPI established the permanent research station Troll in Antarctica in 1989–90; Troll has been operated as a permanent research station since 1991. The SPI carried out annual expeditions to Svalbard and, starting in 1968, has had a permanent research station in Ny-Ålesund. In 1979, the NPI became was a directorate under the Ministry of Education and Research.

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