Since 1969 about 8,900 meteorites have been collected on the bare icefields around the Yamato and the Belgica Mountains, Victoria Land, Sor Rondane Mountains and Queen Maud Land. At the moment, the search for meteorites and micrometeorites has been carried out around the Yamato and the Belgica Mountains. They include new types of meteorites such as seven lunar meteorites and two Martian meteorites. They also include very rare meteorites such as CI carbonaceous chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites, lodranites, polymict eucrites, and Angrite achondrite. The results of classification have been published in our catalogs.
Meteorite specimens are available on loan to investigators from the world scientific community.
About 200 to 300 specimens including polished thin sections are examined in this way each year. Under NIPR sponsorship, the search for more new kinds of meteorites in Antarctica continues. The number of Antarctic Meteorites collected from NIPR, USA,and other countries.