www.arcticstation.nlNederlands

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20260701 teams

teams

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20260628 predation on nests

predation on nests

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20260618 wildlifecamera placement

wildlifecamera placement

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20260618 LEGO hut London 2

LEGO hut London 2

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20260613 first visit to island Storholmen

first visit to island Storholmen

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20260615 bird attack

bird attack

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20260612 A warm welcome

A warm welcome

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: 

4761

yesterday: 

8358

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The two houses in the middle make the station  

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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 06-07-2026 at 20:39

Now the geese have hatched, we are working on Arctic Terns. The gated tankyard is a safe area against foxes. We are following 43 nests while under screaming attack.
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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

arctic tern attack

decompression chamber

mexico

Inhabitants of Ny-Ålesund

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

Maarten Loonen

Louis Grauwin

Louis Grauwin

Selection of weblog pages with video's

Click on the picture to see the page with video
20200804, 14:23
fourth goose catch
20120728, 13:10
juvenile arctic fox
20140716, 16:00
penthouse nesting
20210716, 13:50
polar bear encounter

Latest message from our station log book
Maarten Loonen - Now the geese have hatched, we are working on Arctic Terns. The gated tankyard is a safe area against foxes. We are following 43 nests while under screaming attack.

posted 06-07-2026 at 20:39

more entries in the log

Sightings of ringed barnacle geese

Total 877 sightings of 186 individuals. Most observed is yayf, seen 22 times.

Panorama from Zeppelin mountain

For an actual view click here.
 

Buildings

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Earth tide registration

Earth tide registration

Storage NERC

Storage NERC