General context :
Location
The base is physically located in the Arctic, 78°70 Lat. North, 11° 70 Long. East, in Svalbard, in the Ny-Ålesund village devoted to science. Ny-Ålesund is one of the world´s northernmost human settlement. The village is close to kongsfjorden, north West Spitsbergen.
Environment
Informations on climate can be obtained on AWI, Ny-Ålesund is surrounded by a large fjord (Kongsfjorden), glaciers, morains, glaciers rivers, mountains, and a typical toundra ecosystem.
Global Norwegian Policies
The base activities acts in cohesion of the Research Council of Norway
Regulations in Svalbard
The base activities on the field are submitted to Svalbard´s specific rules. Specific rules are operated by Kingsbay Company, notably to minimize human effect on environment and to assume waste management in the village.
Scientific context in Ny-Ålesund
This village is devoted to arctic scientific activities, 11 Stations are ran by national institutions from international countries. The base manager contributes to the scientific life core of Ny-Ålesund with a permenant staff and all year round measurements. The leaders of the base are involved into the scientific coordination group , to be in cohesion with the global strategy developed and not to interfere with others activities. Access to scientific activities on the base is summarized here.
Science Svalbard forum is the reference contact for all informations concerning science in Svalbard.
Logistic context in Ny-Ålesund
In Ny-Ålesund, the private company Kingsbay A/S provides all services as a support for heavy logistics needed for the scientific activities and also for a global provider as food and power supply in the village. Scientific stations also provides services to support scientific collaborations.
