For four months a year even the sun does not make it to Ny Alesund.

在新奥勒松，一年有4个月见不到太阳。

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Cruise ships visit Ny Alesund throughout the summer, some small, some large.

夏季会有游艇停泊在新奥勒松，有小的，也有大的。

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Yet for all its physical isolation Ny Alesund is connected to the world in a surprising number of ways.

然而，尽管新奥勒松从物理上说是与世隔绝的，但它却以相当丰富的方式与世界的其他部分联系在一起。

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Earlier this month, at Ny Alesund, I went aboard the Norwegian Polar Institute's research vessel, the Lance.

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