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NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju launched the maiden Indian Winter Arctic Expedition on December 18.
This maiden winter expedition comprises four scientists, who will visit the Arctic region to make atmospheric observations during the night and carry out auroral studies and changes in sea ice.
Now, India will have a year-long presence at Himadri, the country’s Arctic research station located in Spitsbergen in Norway, as it has in the Antarctic, near the South Pole.
Speaking on the occasion, Rijiju said, “it will be interesting to see how the first batch of four researchers will function there in winter. Because you are going there for the first time,” he said.
Earlier, Rijiju had made a two-day visit to Himadri in June this year.
