Pyranometer
What was life like on a Russian North Pole Drifting Station? Some scientists and researchers were kind enough to lend us photographs, taken on various stations.
This photo shows a close-up view of a pyranometer, which measures diffuse solar radiation.
Just prior to the start of World War II, the USSR set up a research camp on drifting ice near the North Pole in 1937. The drift continued for 274 days during which the station travelled more the 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles), obtaining the first scientific observations from that high latitude. In 1950, USSR set up a second station. Between 1937 to 1991, 88 polar crews drifted on ice flows for a total of 29,726 days. This research program is unequalled in the 20th century by duration, variety of observational material, and importance of scientific discoveries. On average researchers spent nine months at each camp.
Credit: Environmental Working Group
Pyranometer
What was life like on a Russian North Pole Drifting Station? Some scientists and researchers were kind enough to lend us photographs, taken on various stations.
This photo shows a close-up view of a pyranometer, which measures diffuse solar radiation.
Just prior to the start of World War II, the USSR set up a research camp on drifting ice near the North Pole in 1937. The drift continued for 274 days during which the station travelled more the 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles), obtaining the first scientific observations from that high latitude. In 1950, USSR set up a second station. Between 1937 to 1991, 88 polar crews drifted on ice flows for a total of 29,726 days. This research program is unequalled in the 20th century by duration, variety of observational material, and importance of scientific discoveries. On average researchers spent nine months at each camp.
Credit: Environmental Working Group