Kylän sijainti on mainio merijäätutkimukseen ja tukikohtana se sopii myös geologeille ja biologeille. Kaivostoiminnan hiljentyessä tutkimustoiminnan kasvu on luonnollisesti tervetullutta. Parakeissa on ihan kivat huoneet ja kylän ruokala oli erinomainen. Kauppoja tai ravintoloita ei ole, vaan kaikki syövät "messissä".
We left for a two-day trip to Sveagruva, which is another mining town about 40km SE from Longyearbyen. The main idea was escape Longyearbyen to discuss field safety and operations within our team in general. In any case, we also hauled stuff there and other stuff back to Longyearbyen. The weather was excellent, maybe -4..-7C and little wind. We had superb views and if we had stopped to photograph more often, we would still be on the route...
Aamun kajoa horisontissa / There comes the Sun (eventually) |
Firmalla on kelkkoja aika paljon / The company "cars" |
Skollfjellet (1088m) & Slakbreen |
Sveagruva |
Kylän reunavuoret on aika korkeita / Nice mountains |
Van Mijenfjorden |
Merijään paksuus oli 30-40cm / The sea ice thickness was 30-40cm |
Kelkkakolonna paluumatkalla / The caravan |