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Associazione "Grande Nord"
| Address: | Via Avigliana 72, I-10096 Leumann, Torino |
| Telephone: | +39-11-4154002 |
| Fax: | +39-11-4730050 |
| Year of foundation: | 1981 |
| Activities: | Organizes Arctic expeditions: Svalbard (1982, 84, 86); Ellesmere Island (1988); N.E. Greenland (1991); Franz Josef Land (1994). |
| Publications: | Oltre il sole di mezzanotte (1992); Svalbard, forgotten islands (1984); Zemlya Frantsa Josifa: sulla rotta della "Stella Polare" alla riscoperta della terra di Francesco Giuseppe" (1995) |
Associazione Interregionale di Coordinamento e Documentazione per i Problemi Inerenti alla Neve e alle Valanghe (AINEVA)
| Website: | www.aineva.it |
| Address: | Centro Nivometeorologico della Regione Lombardia, via Milano 18, I-23032 Bormio (So) |
| Telephone: | +39-342-90-50-30 |
| Fax: | +39-342-90-51-33 |
| Publications: | Neve e Valanghe (1983-, 4pa) |
Centro Nivometeorologico della Regione Lombardia
| Website: | www.regione.lombardia.it/meteonew.nsf/home/homemeteo/ |
| Address: | via Milano 18, I-23032 Bormio (So) |
| Telephone: | +39-342-90-50-30 |
| Fax: | +39-342-90-51-33 |
| Activities: | Collects data and carries out research on snow and avalanches in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. |
| Publications: | Bollettino Nivometeorologico della Regione Lombardia |
Centro Sperimentale Valanghe e Difesa Idrogeologica [Experimental Centre for Avalanches and Hydrological Defences]
| [Experimental Centre for Avalanches and Hydrological Defences] | |
| Website: | www.ifcai.pa.cnr.it/~nicastro/freetime.html |
| Address: | Regione Veneto Dipartimento Foreste, I-32020 Arabba di Livinallongo (Belluno) |
| Telephone: | +39-436-79227 |
| Fax: | +39-436-79319 |
| Publications: | Annale Nivometeorologico della Montagana Veneta (1985-, annual); Arabba Meteo (1991-, 12pa); Neve e Valanghe nelle Dolomiti e Prealpi Venete (annual) |
Comitato Glaciologico Italiano
| Website: | www.disat.unimib.it/comiglacio/comitatoglaciologico.htm |
| Address: | Via Accademia delle Scienze 5, I-10123 Torino |
| Telephone: | +39-11-658-813 |
| Fax: | +39-11-670-7155 |
| Year of foundation: | 1913 |
| Activities: | Centre for study of glaciology and Alpine climatology. Maintains a library and a collection of photographs of Italian glaciers. |
| Publications: | Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano (1950-, annual); Geografia Fisica & Dinamica Quaternaria (1978-, 2pa) |
Istituto Geografico Polare Silvio Zavatti
| Website: | www.lifeland.it |
| Address: | Villa Vitali, Viale Trento, I-63023 Fermo (AP) |
| Telephone: | +39-734-226166 |
| Year of foundation: | 1945 |
| Activities: | Carries out research in the geography, ethnography, history, literature and natural sciences of the Arctic and Antarctic. Library and archives. Also houses Museo Polare di Fermo. |
| Publications: | Il Polo (1945-, 4pa) |
National Interministerial Committee on Antarctic Research (CCIA)
| Address: | Ministry for Universities and Scientific and Technological Research, P. Le Kennedy 20, I-00144 Rome. |
| Telephone: | +39-6-59911 |
| Fax: | +39-6-59912281 |
| Year of foundation: | 1985 |
| Activities: | National Member of SCAR. |
National Scientific Commission for Antarctica (CSNA)
| Address: | Lungotevere Thaon de Revel, 76, I-00196 Rome |
| E-mail: | pnra_csna@sede.enea.it |
| Telephone: | +39-6-36272510 / 36272626. Fax +39-6-36272479 |
| Activities: | Assists the Minister for Universities and for Scientific and Technological Research in the formulation of Antarctic scientific programmes. |
Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide
| Website: | www.pnra.it |
| Address: | ENEA Antarctic Project, ENEA C.R. Casaccia S.P. 123, C.P. 2400, 00100 Rome A.D |
| E-mail: | direzione@.enea.pnra.it |
| Telephone: | +39-6-3048-4939 |
| Fax: | +39-6-3048-4893 |
| Activities: | National operating agency for the PNRA. This includes maintenance of the all-year Antarctic station at Terra Nova Bay, and operation of Concorde base at Dome C jointly with Institut Francais pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaires. |
| Notes: | Logistics centre: International Antarctic Centre, Orchard Rd., Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand; telephone: +64-3-358-0753; fax: +64-3-358-0764; e-mail: eneachch@xtra.co.nz |
Societa' Meteorologica Subalpina
| Website: | www.nimbus.it |
| Address: | V. Gioberti 88, I-10128 Torino |
| Telephone: | +39-11-591145 |
| Fax: | +39-11-5683190 |
| Publications: | Nimbus (1993-, 3pa) |