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De London houses are historical buildings, originally used as family houses for miners.
The second house from the left is the Arctic Station from the Netherlands.
In front of the impressive Kongsbreen glacier, you can see the island Prins Heinrichøya.
Behind the houses London III and London IV, you can see the lake Solvatnet.
This lake is the major goose moulting site in the fjord.
To the left, the starting crew of 2004 is shown. From left to right: Jurjen Annen, Daan Vreugdenhil and Maarten Loonen
Below you see the inside of our hut.
Postal address: P.O.Box 0, 9173 Ny-Ålesund, Norway |
Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, is an international village dedicated to research. A state-owned Norwegian company named Kings Bay AS is running the town.
The town is a hot-spot for a wide range of disciplines from atmospheric sciences, biology, geography to glaciology.
There are monitoring stations to measure e.g. air polution or changes in the earth surface.
Biology studies include both terestrial studies on tundra ecosystems, geese and nesting seabirds but also marine studies.
At present, a state-of-art marine laboratory is build.
