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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: 

1557

yesterday: 

3178

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The two houses in the middle make the station  

streetview
tour the website
university of groningen
sees.nl expedition
arctic tern crowdfunding

 
 weblog
stories about our activities with photo's and video's
 people
people in the station
 science
background information about a specific theme
 station
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 14-07-2025 at 14:09

Christophe, Karein and Guido are walking to Gasebu to sample.
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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

book presentation in the artist hut

the making of streetview

post office

Inhabitants of Ny-Ålesund

Click on a photo for more information about this person,
click here for all inhabitants present.
Leif Arild Håjem

Leif Arild Håjem

Bodil Haugvik

Bodil Haugvik

Selection of weblog pages with video's

Click on the picture to see the page with video
20090622, 12:00
counting eggs
20200708, 12:00
white whales
20120815, 14:00
effects of grazing
20210804, 12:00
a perfect day

Latest message from our station log book
Maarten Loonen - Christophe, Karein and Guido are walking to Gasebu to sample.

posted 14-07-2025 at 14:09

more entries in the log

Sightings of ringed barnacle geese

Total 1457 sightings of 328 individuals. Most observed is gldh, seen 26 times.

Panorama from Zeppelin mountain

For an actual view click here.
 

Buildings

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Dogyard

Dogyard

Steamtrain from 1917-1959

Steamtrain from 1917-1959