A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in the

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. Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern

polar region The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles. These high latitudes are dominated by flo ...

of Earth. Historically few research stations have been permanent. Most of them were temporary, being abandoned after the completion of the project or owing to lack of funding to continue the research. Some of these were military or intelligence stations (listening posts) created as a result of the proximity of the U.S. and Soviet Union to each other's landmass across the polar region. Ice stations are constructed on land or on ice that rests on land, while others are drifting ice stations built on the sea ice of the high latitudes of the

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...

Research stations

Drifting ice stations

* Fletcher's Ice Island, US (1952 - 1978)

In fiction

* Ice Station Zebra (novel), by Alistair MacLean ** Ice Station Zebra (1968 film) **Ice Station Zebra a song by Jack White on

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* Ice Station, by Matthew Reilly * Ice Station -- Impossible!, an episode of

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* Ice Station Santa, an episode of

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Gallery

File:Gaw lab 20160601.jpg, View of the Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory, Alert,

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' ...

, Canada File:Polska Stacja Polarna Hornsund AdamNawrot.jpg, View of the

Polish Polar Station, Hornsund Polish Polar Station, Hornsund ( pl, Polska Stacja Polarna, Hornsund) is at ''Isbjørnhamna'' in Hornsund, on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957. Station The station was erected in July 1957 by the Polish Acad ...

. File:Wiese-Insel 1 2014-09-02.jpg, View of the Arctic research station on Wiese Island. File:Igloolik-researchcentre.jpg, View of the Igloolik Research Centre, Igloolik,

, Canada.

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