Environmental Research and Provision of Hydrometeorological Safety in High-latitude and Polar Regions

A. I. Bedritskii and A. I. Danilov

The information is presented on the activity of Roshydromet in high-latitude and polar regions for providing the hydrometeorological safety of population and economy in the Arctic and presence in Antarctica as well as on its development and modernization since the 2000s and on the contribution of Roshydromet to Russian studies and works in the framework of the International Polar Year 2007–2008.