German minister visits Ny-Ålesund
Barbara Hendricks, the German minister
for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear
Safety recently spent several days in Ny-Ålesund.
Marteen Loonen
explains the habits of local birds. Photo: Turid
Vilkensen
The minister was joined by representatives from AWI, as well as political adviser for the Conservative Party, Jens Frølich Holter, and Kjerstin Askholt, the Governor of Svalbard for the first two days.
The group visited the Kings Bay Marine laboratory, took part in the daily weather balloon drop at the AWIPEV observatory, and were briefed on the ongoing research conducted by AWIPEV as well as the neighbouring nations and stations in Ny-Ålesund.