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Maharashtra
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Tamil Nadu
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Punjab
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Goa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Home: NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH (NCPOR), GOA.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Arctic station ‘Himadri’ is located at Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen Island, Norway and serves as a hub of Indian scientific investigations since 2008..
Detailed explanation-3: -M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences is the Chairman, Governing Body of NCPOR and Dr.
Detailed explanation-4: -Himadri which means ‘the abode of snow’ is India’s first research station located at the International Arctic Research base, Svalbard, Norway. It is located at a distance of 1, 200 kilometres from the North Pole.
Detailed explanation-5: -It is the nodal agency for planning, promotion, coordination and execution of the entire gamut of polar and southern ocean scientific research in the country as well as for the associated logistics activities.