 In 2003 , it was decided that Norway was to extend its operations in Antarctica by establishing an all @-@ year research station . By then , Norway was the only country with a territorial claim to Antarctica to not have an all @-@ year research station on the continent . The government stated that the investment was motivated to improve climate research , to strengthen Norway as a bi @-@ polar research nation and to strengthen Norway 's role as a premise @-@ maker in the environmental policy of the Antarctic . 
