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July –Rescue Drill The personnel from Gotska Sandön have carried out a winch drill with Norrlandsflyg’s rescue helicopter. If you would like to learn more about Norrlandsflyg’s activities, click here! June 22 – Midsummer celebrations on Gotska Sandön Traditional midsummer celebrations on Gotska Sandön. In the picture to the right you can see Martina and Daag accompanying the ring dance around the Maypole on their ukeleles. After the traditional dances and games, dinner is served featuring a roasted deer on the spit, potato gratin and salad. What could be better? May 22 – The stork has come! A white stork is visiting Sandön just now. May 17-20 – Ascension Day On the Ascension Day weekend the tourist season opened in earnest with a fully-booked boat (96 passengers) from Nynäshamn and 27 from Fårösund. National Park Day was celebrated on Friday and Saturday. All in all, about 300 visitors came to the island that long weekend, if you include those who were on the island since Ascension Day (Thursday), thus setting a visitor record.
The programme included a tour of the lighthouse with a photography exhibition, seal safari, and guided tour at the Chapel, Gamla garden and Bourgströms. At one station visitors were given the opportunity to observe birds through both tube and ordinary binoculars. It was beautiful weather, the sun shone and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves even if it was a little windy on Saturday and those visitors got a taste of choppy seas on their way home. Personnel from the Gotska Sandön Heritage Society manned a few of the different stations. A big THANK YOU for that! May 1-17 Just now the staff is busy getting ready for summer guests. They are cleaning up and fixing up the cottages. The signal mast in the middle of the lighthouse settlement is going to be set up. In the old days the mast was used as a signal system to the lighthouse ship, Kopparstenarna.
The island was visited in the beginning of May by Gotska Sandön Heritage Society. Just now they are raking the meadows at the Chapel, Gamla Gården, Bourgströms Mausuleum and Fyrmoren.
Frogdyk, a company from Gothenburg, has been out searching for the sea cable from Fårö that supplies us with electricity from Gotland. The cable broke on November 1, 2006 and since then we have used our generator on the island. On Saturday, May 5, at 21:40h. Krister Yngve from Mätbussen AB pieced together and connected the cable so that it was once again possible to transmit electricity from Gotland. The task was carried out on behalf of parties interested in Sandön.
Most of the migratory birds have arrived. The automatic feeders have been much frequented and 30 kg of bird feed has been consumed every other day. Here the birds take a break from travelling and have a good feed. In the month of April The staff has received training by the Rescue Services in Visby in general fire safety. Six persons participated. One day was dedicated to heart-lung first aid.
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