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The Northeast Science Station of the
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(russian: Северо-Восточная научная станция РАН) is an Arctic research station located in Chersky,
Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far E ...
in Northeast
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. It is one of the world's three largest Arctic stations.


Description

The Northeast Science Station is used as a year-round base for international research in arctic biology, geophysics, and atmospheric physics. The station also houses the administration of the Pleistocene Park, a local experimental wildlife preserve of 160 km2. Named after Russian explorer
Jan Czerski Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский; 3 May 1845, in Swolna – 25 June 1892, nr. Kolyma) was a Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was e ...
, Chersky is sited on frozen
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...
carbon. The sediments here are made up of 50% ice, and 50%
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, which is a windblown sediment - the carbon content of loess deposits is five times that of a rainforest floor. During each annual melt between 2 and 5% of the stored carbon in the loess deposits is lost.Terrestrial Carbon Observation System Siberia
/ref> Far Eastern Federal University is planning to open an Arctic campus at the research station. “At the station, students and young scientists will study permafrost melting; greenhouse gas emissions; hydrates conservation; biodiversity; land, atmosphere and surrounding seas pollution; and other climatic, biological and environmental issues,” according to a press release.“Far Eastern Federal University may open Arctic campus at major polar station.”
Arctic.Ru, 5 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017


Personnel and funding

Resident staff consists of Nikita Zimov (director), Sergey Davydov, Galina Zimova,
Sergey Zimov Sergey Aphanasievich Zimov (russian: Сергей Афанасьевич Зимов; b. 18 July 1955) is a Russian geophysicist who specialises in arctic and subarctic ecology. He is the Director of Northeast Scientific Station (a research institut ...
, Anastasija Zimova (bookkeeper).Anna-Lena Laurén
“Sibirien sjunker sakta ned i dyn när permafrosten tinar.”
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24 September 2017.) Retrieved 18 October 2017 Additionally, around sixty international researchers visit the institute annually. Salary of the resident staff is paid by the parent organisation, the Russian Academy of Sciences. The station itself is funded by the
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.


See also

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List of research stations in the Arctic A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in the Arctic. Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth. Historically few research st ...
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Katey Walter Katey M. Walter Anthony (born Katey Marion Walter) is an Alaskan aquatic ecologist and biogeochemist researching carbon and nutrient cycling between terrestrial and aquatic systems, and the cryosphere and atmosphere. Education Walter Anthony g ...


References


External links

{{Commons category, Northeast Science Station
Northeast Science Station - Pleistocene Park WebsiteThe Polaris Project
Buildings and structures in the Sakha Republic Research stations in the Arctic Research in Russia 1977 establishments in Russia Research in the Soviet Union