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Draft Arctic Policy
Why is it in News?
- India unveiled new draft ‘Arctic’ Policy to expand research and tourism.
Details:
- It is committed to
(1) Expansion of scientific research
(2) Sustainable research
(3) Mineral oil and gas exploration
- Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research will lead scientific research and act as a nodal body to coordinate among various scientific bodies.
- India and Arctic:
(1) India launched its first scientific expedition to the Arctic in 2007.
(2) Himadri is India's first permanent Arctic research station located at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
(3) It is located at the International Arctic Research base, Ny-Ålesund.
(4) It was set up during India's second Arctic expedition in June 2008.
- Arctic:
(1) The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
(2) The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States), Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.
(3) It is in predominantly treeless permafrost.
(4) It is characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and animal life.
(5) It has permanent snow and ice in the high country and grasses, sedges, and low shrubs in the lowlands.