NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH (NCPOR)

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A recent study led by Dr. Babula Jena and colleagues from National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom, reported the conditions that led to unprecedented hindrance in Antarctic ice expansion and ice retreat ahead of the annual ice maximum in 2023.

What is NCPOR?

• It is an autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) established in
• NCPOR is tasked with planning and executing polar expeditions and scientific research in Antarctica, Arctic, Himalayas and Southern Ocean.
• NCPOR is the nodal agency for planning, promoting, coordinating, and executing the entire gamut of polar and southern-ocean scientific research in the country and the associated logistics activities.
• It also undertakes research on some of the country’s strategically vital projects like mapping of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), continental shelf margins and the Deep Ocean Mission.
• The Center maintains a Research Advisory Committee (RAC) to help guide and concentrate the research activities.
• It is located in Vasco da Gama, Goa, and was formerly known as the National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR).