Abstract: India led its first scientific expedition to the Antarctic in 1981 and to the Arctic in 2007. India is thus, among the very few nations in the world to operate stations both in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
The author is Director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa. rasik@ncaor.org
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