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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: 

4292

yesterday: 

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The two houses in the middle make the station  

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 ny-ålesund
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 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

clearing snow

ringing geese in the boat house

garbage handling

Inhabitants of Ny-Ålesund

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

Tormod Eknes

Erlend Havenstrøm

Erlend Havenstrøm

Rubén Balaño González

Rubén Balaño González

Selection of weblog pages with video's

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20210702, 13:00
weather balloon launch
20210715, 15:00
glacier calving
20210619, 11:00
arctic explorer
20220617, 13:41
drone flight to glacier

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 1393 sightings of 326 individuals. Most observed is gldh, seen 26 times.

Panorama from Zeppelin mountain

For an actual view click here.
 

Buildings

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Balloon hut

Balloon hut

Mapping authority antenna

Mapping authority antenna