Image Gallery
Below are a selection of images taken in and around Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. They give a hint of the scenery you can expect to encounter and the range of work that is carried out at the research station. Each image can be enlarged for better viewing by clicking on it. These images may not be reproduced in any format without prior consent.
Above: (L-R) NERC Arctic research station in April, Ny-Ålesund and the Kronebreen in August and Ny-Ålesund in late April.
Above: (L-R) Rifle training, a map of the area and a bergy bit in Kongsfjord at midnight in July.
Above: (L-R) Dornier aircraft used for the air link with Longyearbyen, sea ice conditions dictate the arrival of the first supply ship of the year and purple saxifrage. Tundra vegetation flourishes from mid-June to mid-August.
Above: (L-R) A walrus, a polar bear and some Svalbard reindeer.
Above: (L-R) A scientist checks surface radiation instruments, limnologists drill through metre-thick lake ice and a scientist involved in the study of the microbiology and chemistry of seasonally ice covered lakes.
Above: (L-R) A global warming warming experiment on the tundra, a terrestrial ecologist involved in climate change research and a scientist carrying our entomological research.
Above: (L-R) Glaciologist carrying out dissolved oxygen tests on sub-glacial meltwater, Russian collaborators in an EU project carry out lake water research and a long-term study of the barnacle goose involves ornithologists from Norway, Netherlands and the UK.
Above: Polar projection map.