It took the Germans three more days to discover what had happened on Spitzbergen. They reacted by landing a ten-man Luftwaffe meteorological team on the island's northeastern face. Despite the bad weather and periodic Royal Navy patrols around the island, the Germans were able to expand the runway and fly in nearly four tons of supplies over the next month. By 11 November, they had two remote stations and a primary site operating
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