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the Study of the North, it was renamed the All-Union Arctic Scientific- 
Research Institute in 1930. The Institute assumed its present name in 1958. 
Through the years, the Institute has established many hydrometeoro- 
logical stations; at least seven drifting stations were operating in the 
eentral Arctic area. The facilities of the Institute, also include test 
chambers where Arctic conditions are simulated; temperatures of 45 degrees 
below zero are commonly maintained, but the chambers can be used at tempera- 
tures down to 100 below. 
In the last 25 to 30 years, the Institute has undertaken more than 
30 oceanographic expeditions, nearly 50 expeditions of the ice-hydrological 
patrol, at least 17 expeditions to study the estuaries of Siberian streams, 
10 or more high-latitude air expeditions in the central Arctic, and several 
Antarctic expeditions conducted in part jointly with institutions of the 
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences and the Hydrometeorological Service. Current 
projects of the Institute include ways to lengthen the navigation season in 
northern ports and methods of long-range weather forecasting. 
It was reported in 1954 that the Institute had 10,000 people under 
its jurisdiction at any one time, and that 50 per cent of the staff were 
women. Some 2,000 persons graduate from the Institute each year. The 
Institute grants the Candidate's Degree. 
A branch of the Institute is located in Moscow at ulitsa Razina, 9. 
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Name: Arctic Geophysical Institute 
(Arkticheskiy geofizicheskiy institut) 
Address: Murmansk 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
During the International Geophysical Year, this institute was 
ereated to investigate cosmic radiation, the ionosphere and propagation of 
radio waves, and auroras, and to explore the geophysical conditions 
of U.S.S.R. 
