The basis of Russian scientific activity in Barentsburg is comprised of approximately 10 people working on a long-term basis. Expeditions are mainly conducted during the summer months when up to 100 scientists conduct fieldwork with base in Barentsburg. The research scientists in Barentsburg work within the following fields:

• Archaeology
• Biology
• Geography
• Geology
• Geophysics
• Meteorology
• Seismology

Transport facilities in Barentsburg

The workboat "Barentsburg" can be hired for scientific and explorative purposes.
Contact Trust Arcticugol: tourism@bar.arcticugol.ru for further information and booking.

The Russian Academy of Sciences

Web address: http://www.ras.ru/index.aspx?_Language=en

• Archaeological Institute in Moscow http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_org.asp?P=.oi-806.ln-en
  • Arctic Archaeology Department
    Contact: Vadim Fyodorovich Starkóv; Phone: +7 095 126 94 44; e-mail: starko-vadim@yandex.ru
     
• Kola Science Centre http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_org.asp?P=.oi-1361.ln-en
  • Murmansk Marine Biological Institute
    Web address: http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_org.asp?P=.oi-661.ln-en
    
  • Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden - Institute
    Web address: http://www.pabgi.ru
    Contact: Dr. Nadezda Konstantinova; Phone: +7 81 53 15 23 20; e-mail: nadya_50@mail.ru
                 Dr. Denis Davydov; Phone: +7 81 53 15 27 42; e-mail: d_disa@mail.ru
  • Polar Geophysical Institute
    Web adress: http://www.kolasc.net.ru/ksc/pgi/inform/pgi.html
    Contact: Vladimir Safargaleyev; e-mail: safargaleev@pgi.kolasc.net.ru
                 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Roskulják; Phone: + 47 7902 7611; e-mail: sbpgi@mail.ru
  • The Kola Regional Seismologic Centre (KRSC)
    Web adress: http://www.krsc.ru/english/default.html
    Contact: Anatoly Nikolaevich Vinogradov; Phone: +7 (81555) 79-663; e-mail:vino@admksc.apatity.ru
    

• Institute of Geography  http://igras.geonet.ru/igras_e/
  • Department of Glaciology
    Contact: Nikolay Osokin; Phone: +7 495 9590035; Fax: +7 495 9590033; e-mail: osokinn@mail.ru

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute AARI

Web address: http://www.aari.nw.ru/index_en.html
Contact: Sergey M. Priamikov; e-mail: priamiks@aari.nw.ru

Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition PMGRE

Address: St. Petersburg, Lomonosov, Pobedy Str. 24, 188512, Russia
Contact: Alexander Tebenkov; e-mail: alexander.tebenkov@peterlink.ru

The Murmansk branch of the Russian State Committee for Hydrometeorology

• Barentsburg Hydrometeorological observatory
  Contact: Olga Lukonina Phone: +47 79 02 76 29; Fax: + 47 79 02 76 30; leader@kolgimet.ru or mvp@kolgimet.ru
   

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