This day we woke up
once more to a beautiful weather. We started the day in Ny-Ålesund, a Norwegian
research settlement situated in Kongsfjorden or Kings Bay on North West
Spitsbergen. There is a lot of different nations doing research in Ny-Ålesund,
so the town mainly consists of research stations from the different countries
that are present.
Some lucky few spotted an Arctic fox, otherwise we were
guided around in the town by the expedition team and we were able to visit the
local shop and walk freely around the town after that.
After Ny-Ålesund we headed for the famous Magdalendafjorden and Gravneset, where over 100 whalers were buried during the 1600s and 1700s
We had the opportunity to walk to Gullybreen, a calving glacier and some of us could clearly see the magnificent calvings from the glacier. Since the weather was still very nice and warm (!!) some of us went for a refreshing swim on the white sandy beach on Gravneset.
