Svalbard Hornsund station marks Polish Independence Day
The Polish Polar Station Hornsund marked Poland's Independence Day on Wednesday 11 November with a walk to the lake Revvatnet and a festive meal, the station said on Facebook.
The station, by the fjord at 77° North, had no compulsory breakfast for its crew. The walk to Revvatnet doubled as part of the station's environmental monitoring, the station said, because good weather had to be used.
Festive duck broth was made by the person on duty that day. In the evening the station planned sweet buns with cottage cheese, with plums and with plenty of crumble topping, while the dough was still rising.
The station also posted a photograph of the northern lights taken about 15 minutes before its post. It said red and white, Poland's colours, were present at the station too, and called the stretch of shore by the fjord its own piece of Poland in the Arctic.