Gallery: The Remote Frozen Islands Where Science Is King
Niels Stomps01Miss Piggy Ny-Alesund
A scientist at the AWIPEV Arctic research base in Ny-Alesund checks an orange meteorological balloon nicknamed "Miss Piggy."
Niels Stomps02Walking slowly to the Snowmobile-Niels Stomps
Scientists bundled in white snowsuits as they walk to their snowmobile.
Niels Stomps03Dome23 at Isfjorden, Svalbard
A radar dome owned by NASA in Isfjorden, the second longest fjord in Svalbard.
Niels Stomps04Coal layer of five feet Niels Stomps
A man wearing a hard hat explores the Lunckefjell coal mine in Van Mijenfjord, Svalbard.
Niels Stomps05Mining Building-Svalbard -Niels Stomps
A mining building.
Niels Stomps06Leif Magne Helgesen is the world’s northernmost priest
Leif Magne Helgesen is the priest at Svalbard Church in Longyearben. It's the northernmost church in the world.
Niels Stomps07Eiscat radio telescope
A radio telescope operated by EISCAT (the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association).
Niels Stomps08Global Seed entrance-Niels Stomps
The entrance to the Global Seed Vault near Longyearben.
Niels Stomps09Antenna Field, Svalbard-Niels Stomps
The Sousy Svalbard Radar is an antenna field in Adventdalen, just outside of Longyearben. Its 365 antennas monitor the troposphere and mesosphere.
Niels Stomps102009-FireSnow-Day14-CF076943DEF
Students dig research pits in the snow in Bolterdalen.
Niels Stomps11Drilling for samples 32-niels Stomps
A site where marine biologists drilled for ice samples in Ny-Alesund.
Niels Stomps12Radar dome at Isfjorden, Svalbard-Niels Stomps
A radar dome at Isfjorden, Svalbard.
2009 Niels Stomps13Mesurements Niels Stomps Spistbergen
Snow measurements in Longyearben.
Niels Stomps14Instuments-Niels Stomps
An instrument from the Kjell Henriksen Observatory sits on the Breinosa mountain outside Longyearben.
