Continuous Ultra-Low-Frequency Solar Radio Monitoring with ALBATROS from the High Arctic
In the Canadian High Arctic, nearly five months of continuous daylight enable uninterrupted low-frequency solar monitoring. We present the first solar science results from the Array of Long Baseline Antennas for Taking Radio Observations from Seventy-Ninth Parallel (ALBATROS). This broadband radio array is designed to explore the largely uncharted radio sky below 30 MHz, where polar ionospheric conditions permit access to frequencies rarely accessible from ground-based sites. Using observations spanning 1-125 MHz, we detect bright solar radio bursts exhibiting complex spectral and polarised structure. The bursts are observed simultaneously by all eight autonomous stations, demonstrating the stability and consistency of the array. Comparison with concurrent soft X-ray measurements reveals a strong temporal correlation between the radio and X-ray emission. These observations establish ALBATROS as a new facility for ultra-low-frequency solar monitoring, opening a new window on solar radio bursts, space weather, and the dynamic heliosphere.