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New Year’s Eve and polar night

This website’s start into the new year was as grim as one could only ima­gi­ne. Now this second pos­ting is also dedi­ca­ted to dark affairs, but in a com­ple­te­ly dif­fe­rent sen­se that includes the very spe­cial aes­the­tics of the polar night. Here are some impres­si­ons from the dar­kest time of the year in the high north, whe­re New Year’s Eve cele­bra­ti­ons fol­low a pat­tern quite simi­lar to what most rea­ders will know from whe­re­ver – in the end, almost ever­y­whe­re in the world the old year is seen off and the new one wel­co­med with some fire­works. In Lon­gye­ar­by­en, the­re is a public one and very litt­le pri­va­te ban­ging and shoo­ting. Actual­ly, the­re are two, a fami­ly-fri­end­ly one at 19.00 hours and then of cour­se one at mid­night.

Click on thumb­nail to open an enlar­ged ver­si­on of the spe­ci­fic pho­to.

Arjen Drost, 1976-2023

Many knew Arjen Drost from count­less trips in the Arc­tic and Ant­ar­c­tic over many years. Just a few weeks ago, he was in Ant­ar­c­ti­ca, enjoy­ing the wild­life and ever­y­thing else he loved so much.

On Wed­nes­day (Janu­ary 04, 2023), he final­ly lost a fight that he had been fight­ing for years.

Arjen Drost (1976-2023), with emperor penguin, Ross Sea

Arjen Drost, as he lived and loved his life, in the Ross Sea (2017).

High­ly respec­ted as a col­le­ague.

High­ly estee­med as a fri­end.

Much loved by many as the human being that he was.

Now Arjen is dancing with the nor­t­hern lights.

Arjen Drost (1976-2023), Vernadsky

Arjen Drost, the “lar­ger than life man”, in the Ant­ar­c­tic Pen­in­su­la.
Good times long gone by (Ver­nad­sky Base, 2005).

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