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Modules, quizzes, timelines and plain-language explainers for students, teachers and curious readers.
Learning modules
Introduction to the cryosphere
School • 6 lessons
Reading weather data
School • 5 lessons
Glaciers and mass balance
Undergraduate • 8 lessons
Ocean circulation & carbon
Undergraduate • 7 lessons
Quick quiz
1. Which Indian station is located in the Arctic?
2. What does an ice core mainly preserve?
3. Mass balance of a glacier compares…
Expedition timeline
1981
First Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica.
1989
Maitri station commissioned in the Schirmacher Oasis.
2008
Himadri opens at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard.
2012
Bharati station inaugurated at Larsemann Hills.
2016
Himansh high-altitude glaciology laboratory established.
2026
43rd expedition and open polar data repository launched.