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Responsible Thematic Node: Interiors & Surfaces

Short Name: Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard archipelago

Brief description: TNA1: Field analogue for ground ice and permafrost mapping

URL: http://www.isa.au.dk/networks/euroPlanet/facilities/tna1/svalbard.html

Type: CONTACT/Facility

English Language: YES

Start date: 2010-02-01

Restricted access: NO

Comment on the access:
Only one expedition per year can be organized for this site.
For visiting of the facility, contact
Felipe Gómez Gómez
Extremophiles Laboratory
Carretera de Ajalvir,
Km 4 Torrejón de Ardoz
Madrid, Spain
Email: gomezgf@inta.es
Phone 00 34 91 520 6461
Fax 00 34 91 520 1074

Longer description:
Ny-Ålesund is the world's northernmost permanent settlement situated on the island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, only 1,200 km from the North Pole. In addition to ground ice and permafrost mapping possibilities there are locations that include large amounts of buried glacier covered by layers of sediments that comprise mixtures of silicate minerals and organic material. The permafrost depth is estimated to be ~100 m in coastal areas and >500 m in mountainous areas. The active layer depth at the field site is estimated to be ~2 m and is the layer that experiences thawing in the summer/autumn.

EPN location (lab or institute): INTA-CAB

Contributor: Schmidt

Last updater: Tirsch

Responsible: Gómez Gómez

Other Contact (name): Svein-Erik Hamran

Other Contact (email): s.e.hamran@geo.uio.no

This is a copy (not an original): NO

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