National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
| 国立極地研究所 | |
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| Abbreviation | NIPR |
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| Formation | 1973 |
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National Institute of Polar Research (Japanese: 国立極地研究所 Hepburn: Kokuritsu-kyokuchi-kenkyūjo) is the Japanese research institute for Antarctica. The agency manages several research bases on the continent.
Research centers
The NIPR has several research centers on Antarctica topics. Among others there are meteorological, geological, glacier motion, life science, ice dynamics, etc.
In 1969, the NIPR started collecting meteorites. Their meteorite collection contains almost 17,000 specimens of meteorites – one of the world's largest meteorite collections. The Antarctic meteorite research in the United States is guided by ANSMET.
Antarctic stations
Planetary science education
The NIPR Antarctic Meteorite Research Center loans a set of 30 thin sections of various meteorite types for use in education. The Institute prepared 20 sets of this collection. They were used in several European countries as well, including Hungary, Romania, Denmark, and Belgium. The set includes lunar and Martian meteorites.
See also
References
- 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
- 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
Coordinates: 35°42′45″N 139°24′32″E / 35.71250°N 139.40889°E