Photo: Marte Moseid

Finally, after months of more or less no supplies of any kind, the first boat
of the season arrived on Saturday afternoon!

Photo: Torunn H. Flesjø

Last week all permanent inhabitants in Ny-Ålesund were invited to take part
in the annual fire drill. Here is fire safety responsible Oddbjørn Løkstad in action.

Photo: Torunn H. Flesjø

The sun party in Ny-Ålesund took place last Saturday, 17. March.
The "party" started with a surprise visit by The Coast Guard!

Photo: Torunn H. Flesjø

February is the "blue" month on Svalbard. The light is now rapidly coming
back, and on a cold and clear day like today, the sky is filled with beautiful
pastel colours. The temperature is minus 16,5 degrees at the moment.
On this picture we can see the airship mast "Amundsenmasta" in the background.

The Technical Manager of Kings Bay AS, Mr. Arnt-Inge Nesset, has been
the driving force when it comes to indoor bandy. He is soon leaving the
company, and some "local" girls decided to honour him by entering the
gym dressed up like "cheer leaders" with flags and whistles, making a lot
of noise and liveliness!

Photo: Leif Arild Håhjem

The monthly temapture on Svalbard for January 2012 was considerably above normal.
Ny-Ålesund had -3,6^o  which is 10,3^o above average temperature. We also had the
highest precipitation of all the arctic stations with 209,5 mm.
On this picture we can see Kings Bay employees trying to defrost a manhole cover
after extraordinary circumstances as a result of flow due to heavy rain.