It was exciting to get to the airport in Longyearbyen for our flight to our research destination. There are only 2 days a week that there are flights to Ny Alesund, Monday & Thursday. And there are 2 flights, if needed, each day. With all of our gear, and other people flying, we split into 2 groups. Ross, Hannah, Laura K. and myself stayed behind for the 2nd flight later that day.
Ross, Laura K & Hanna - all smiles headed to Ny Alesund.
Once the plane was in the air we couldn't stop taking pictures.
The scenery was . . . well, you decide.
Over the fjord near Longyearben
Glaciers all around us.
Look at how blue the water is on the melt pond on the surface of the glacier.
The sediments being gouged out along the sides of glaciers are called lateral moraines. When one valley glacier flows into another valley glacier, the lateral moraines flow together and are now in the middle - a medial moraine.
Glaciers that flow into the sea break off at the front. The broken off pieces float in the water and are called ice bergs.
The flight took about an hour. The shortest flight of our trip and we wished it was the longest. But we were also happy to finally get to Ny Alesund.
Finally here! Wow! This place is awesome!
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Coming up . . . where is Ny Alesund? And what kind of place is it?
Plus, a highlight of some of the other science going on there.