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20260122 Introduction to Ny-Ã…lesund

Introduction to Ny-Ã…lesund

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20260126 SIOS polar night week

SIOS polar night week

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20250816 chased away by polar bear

chased away by polar bear

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20250806 barnacle geese in longyearbyen

barnacle geese in longyearbyen

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20250730 great skua

great skua

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20250719 plants roots and permafrost

plants roots and permafrost

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20250705 catching terns

catching terns

The Netherlands Arctic Station

located on Spitsbergen in the northernmost village of the world, managed by the Arctic Centre of the University of Groningen.
Postal address:
NL Arctic Station, P.O.Box 1, N-9173 Ny-Ålesund, Norway
0031 6 3198 3991 or 0047 7902 6852


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visitors today sofar: 

4036

yesterday: 

5663

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The two houses in the middle make the station  

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management, history, safety, daily life, check lists en sponsors
 ny-ålesund
maps, aerial pictures, inhabitants, webcam, buildings, history, weather, village walk and official website
 sightings and other data
marked barnacle geese, marked foxes and installations
 messages in our log

latest message posted 26-07-2025 at 12:25

We had our first goose catch last night. Caught 25 geese, 17 adults, 8 goslings. With help by others.
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Videos made by the University of Groningen about the largest Dutch polar expedition and a crowdfunding project to study migration of terns
below a random selection of information in this website

Video's about places in Ny-Ålesund as hotspots in STREETVIEW

Click on the picture to start the video, click on the text to go to the location

panorama

harbour master and storage

amundsen mast

Inhabitants of Ny-Ålesund

Click on a photo for more information about this person,
click here for all inhabitants present.
Trond Nasvik

Trond Nasvik

Helga Bogey Birgisdóttir

Helga Bogey Birgisdóttir

Sunniva Berge Mo

Sunniva Berge Mo

Selection of weblog pages with video's

Click on the picture to see the page with video
20090703, 14:00
bore holes
20240423, 11:00
Documentary about Ny-Ã…lesund
20190809, 10:00
Archaeology from above
20200805, 15:00
searching ringed geese

Latest message from our station log book
Maarten Loonen - We had our first goose catch last night. Caught 25 geese, 17 adults, 8 goslings. With help by others.

posted 26-07-2025 at 12:25

more entries in the log

Sightings of ringed barnacle geese

Total 2165 sightings of 369 individuals. Most observed is yaul, seen 40 times.

Panorama from Zeppelin mountain

For an actual view click here.
 

Buildings

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Oiltanks

Oiltanks

Doll house

Doll house