The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI ) has been working on a regular basis in the Arctic since 1920, and in the Antarctic since 1956.
In 1994, the Institute has been given the status of Russian Federation State Scientific Center.
The Institute carries out an entire cycle of work in the high latitudes: from field research and data processing to mapping and forecasting. Scientific subdivisions of AARI are engaged in fundamental and applied research of the climate, the atmospheric processes, the near space, the marine environment and the ice cover.