Buildings
Several facilities in Ny-Ålesund are used jointly by the German-French Research Base AWIPEV. In the image below you can see the different buildings.
Below is a short overview about the various buildings and their use.
Blue House
- Base leader office
- Guest office
- Bedrooms
- Social room
Rabot Building
- Logistics engineer office
- Wet lab #A
- Wet lab #B
- Computer room
- Workshop
- Outdoor equipment storage
- Bedrooms
- Social room
- Laundry
Atmospheric Observatory
German contribution for the global Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) with various atmospheric measuring instruments, computer lab, seminar room.
- Observatory engineer office
- Sounding room
- Seminar room
- Computer room
- Workshop
Balloon House
Balloon house and launch pad for preparing and launching of meteorological and scientific balloons
Old Balloon House
- Clothes storage room
Corbel
Four huts with facilities for staying overnight as well as power supply by both solar and wind power about 5 km east of Ny-Ålesund, measurements of air chemistry
- Workshop
- Bedrooms
- Guest office
- kitchen and social room
Champ Antenna - GFZ
Satellite receiving station, operated by the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Scooter Garage
- Scooter workshop (>0°C)
- Scooter indoor storage