A new Beginning
In a few weeks I’ll set sails towards Longyearbyen again. I’m excited to be living and studying in Svalbard for another two months. This is a great reason to start up this blog again. As you can see, I reworked the design a little to make the site more enjoyable for you. I even got my own domain “nordsheep.com”.
To get started with the blog again I’d like to tell you how my time on Svalbard came to an end and, at the same time, paved the way for my next stay...
One more ship
As promised: Here is the post about the Greenpeace vessel "Arctic Sunrise".
A star visiting
Last week the research vessel Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institut made a brief visit to Longyearbyen. We asked one of the tenderboats if they'd let us take look inside. It resulted in an almost two hour tour guided by the expedition leader himself. Thomas whose job seems to be quite intense and stressful usually had all the time in the world since some of his scientists were delayed.
It's been a while...
...since my last post.
The Semester is over and even though we all recognised the time flying by it came as a surprise. Especially the last weeks before the finals were pretty intense and got us even closer. But as soon as the exams were written a lot of people started to leave all the sudden. It was a weird feeling to say goodbye to someone every time a plane left.
Initially me and a couple of friends planned a ski-camping trip to the other side of Isfjorden (Trygghamna). We had everything planned out packed gear, bought food, rented a boat and organised a driver. When we arrived at the boat we realised that it was far smaller than expected and we would have to go over several times to transport all the people and our gear.
Coco - The Video
After some time off I'd like to present you something we've been working on for some weeks now.
Esther & Tim's arctic experience
From the 23rd of March to the 30th Tim and I have been visiting Nik in Svalbard. It was an amazing experience up there 78° north, a number you can't forget as it is written everywhere.
Field trip to Svea
After our nice cabin weekend I had just enough time to by some more wool Monday morning before we left at noon. We drove our scooters to Barentsburg, the Russian settlement first. As most of the trip the weather was amazing.
Cabin trip to Foxdalen
I'm back! After a week in the field with my class I'm sitting in a snowstorm and got time to write some lines.
Together with some friends I spent the weekend before our field trip in a cosy cabin about half an hour with the snow scooter from town.
The first scooter trip to an ice cave
A lot has happened the last days: Skiing, an awesome Party and a lot of uni. But today I'd like to share my latest trip with you.
HowTo: Sewing a fur ruff
When we were doing a ski tour last week it was very windy. In combination with the low temperatures that can be quite unpleasant. One of my friends didn't bother, he had a fur ruff around the hood of his jacket. Since he made it himself I decided to do the same.
Skiing skiing skiing
I know! You haven't heard from me in a while. To be honest I was very busy skiing. And when I wasn't I had to be in uni or attend parties. You see it's been quite rough but I hope this litte
skiing gallery will light up your mood.
By the way: THE SUN IS BACK!!!
Answer Esther and Fieldwork
In this article I'd like to shed some light on Esther's questions and write about my first day in the field yesterday. I'm really happy to receive questions about whatever you think I could answer. It makes writing a lot easier. Therefore thank you Esther!
Polarjazz Festival
It's been a while since my post about the snow scooter course. But don't worry I didn't forget you! I've just been very busy practicing with the BigBand for the, believe it or not, northernmost music festival: Polarjazz.
Snowscooter Course
Wendsday we finally got an introduction how to ride snowscooters. They are the mean subject of transportation around here and the valleys literally turn into highways as soon as there is enough sonw on the ground. We will use them a lot during the fieldseason on our excursions. But before we were allowed to go out we got an basic course in scooter mechanics and how to pack the sledges (basically trailers).
Mine 2b
Close to my Barrack there is an abandoned Mine. After a ski tour in the morning a couple of friends and I went up to check out the place and take some pictures. The mine was in use from 1937 until 1968. Today it is protected as cultural heritage and can be visited. It was a lot of fun to wander in the abandoned place and check out the stuff that was left behind. Many parts are covered with thick ice at least this time of the year.