bad weather and 24 hour sunlight

The bar is perhaps the darkest room in all of Ny Alesund--it takes a good twenty minutes to adjust to the lack of light after entering. Every time the door opens there is a rush of sunlight, which further confuses the eyes. Its seems almost comical to leave the bar at 1:30 am and for it still to be completely light out, but we are at 79 degrees north and everything here seems a bit comical. It feels like one long day, broken up by many small naps.

Yesterday we spent the majority of the day in the Kings Bay Marine Laboratory working with the equipment and marking off cable every 1m to lower our instruments into the fjord. The wind has been bad since we arrived, which makes it unsafe for us to travel to the glacier termini by boat. The forecast suggests that this weather will likely remain until Wednesday, so we will either have to wait until then or start working by night - not a problem in 24 hour sunlight!

clouds over the mountain near the airport