Julenissens (Santa Claus) post box
Statue of coal mine worker in the main street of Longyerbyen.
Old coal transportation above the harbour
Bicycle tour, climbing up to coal mine 2.
Old coal mine 2
Inside
View from the coal mine towards Longyearbyen.
Coffee break at the coal mine, view towards "Huset".
The northernmost camping site.
Global Seed Vault, keeping seeds in an old coal mine.
Winding roads down from the seed vault.
We didn't continue further east, due to the potential danger.
Weapon store.
Different kind of signs outside shops, banks etc.
Visit from Greenpeace, active in preventing oil exploration in the Arctic.
One day kayaking in Adventfjorden, going to Hjorthamn.
Hjorthamn old buildings (from coal mine era).
Svalbard reindeer in Longyearbyen.
Old graveyard from around 1917.
Climbing the mountain of Sarkofagen, around 520 m, from the eastern side.
Lunch at the top of Sarkofagen.
View towards the Longyearbreen glacier when descending on the western side.
Geologists looking for 60 million year old fossiles.
Plant fossile.
Plant fossiles.
Dinner with Signe at the nice restaurant Kroa.
Skansebukta, Högskulefjellet.
Skansebukta
Leaving Skansebukta, the mountain Skansen at the back.
Pyramiden, Russian coal mining town.
Older houses at Pyramiden.
Lenin is a must.
Lenin watching over "Champs Elysees" and the different kind of Russian houses.
Pyramiden
Nordenskiold glacier.
On the way back from Pyramiden., Brisingefjellet.
Enjoying the view.
Youngster behaviour at the "Youth club", not using any bicycle stand.
A lot of young people in Longyearbyen.
The church.
House for swithcing coal wagons from three different ways down to the harbour.
View over modern houses at the eastern part of the town.
Transporting coal.
Transporting coal from the mine to the harbour.
EISCAT radar station 10 km outside Longyearbyen.
Summer time dog sledging.
Scooter parking during the summer.
Almost midnight.
Scooters and motor vehicles for the tourist industry.
Inside the impressive museum.
On the way to our ship, M/V Polar Quest, lodging 50 persons.
