A day with Kittiwakes
A lot of scientists in town are here to study Wildlife. Among them, some French ornithologists from the CEBC (Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé ...
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KARL, the Koldewey Aerosol Raman Lidar
When it is dark over Ny-Ålesund, a bright green laser beam can be seen quite often, shooting from the AWIPEV observatory towards the clear ...
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Sun, Moon And Northern Lights
In a few days the polar night is starting. To be precise, on October 24th, with the end of daylight saving. Then, for ...
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September in Ny-Ålesund
The summer has come to an end and the winter is slowly approaching. At night, the temperatures are falling below 0°C for most of ...
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A week in the Permafrost
Sarah Chadburn is a Post-Doc at the University of Exeter. She is a computer modeller and works on modelling permafrost. She had the opportunity ...
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Students in the Arctic
For the past eight days a student group from the University of Bremen and the University of Kiel has been visiting Ny-Ålesund and the ...
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Animals and Plants in and around Ny-Ålesund
The summer is almost over. Like on the mainland we can see that by the leaves turning from green to yellow. We do not ...
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The Polar Crust Project
Laura Williams works as Biologist, Hans Reichenberger as Technical Assistant at the University of Kaiserslautern. They have come to Ny-Ålesund to explore the abundant ...
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Monitoring Arctic Phytoplankton in the Kongsfjord
Willem van de Poll and Gemma Kulk are two scientists from the Department of Ocean Ecosystems of the University of Groningen. This year they ...
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First polar bear spotted in this summer
It is not unusual for polar bears to be found in or around Ny-Alesund every now and then. The fact, that the first visit ...