It may not exactly fit into the atmosphere of the Christmas days … but nevertheless, there is some good news here, some kind of gospel, if you want it that way 🙂
It is a common question: who is the sewage water treated in Longyearbyen? And it does usually raise an eyebrow when the answer is: not at all. And this is how it had been for more than a century, until November 2022. All sewage water went straight into the fjord without any treatment at all.
But now it is December 2022, and things have changed to the better.
Adventfjord next to Longyearbyen:
there are definitely places in this area where I wouldn’t go swimming.
A mechanical sewage water treatment was put into operation on 01 December. The result of the first week of operation was impressive: 50 kg of garbage were removed from the sewage water before it went into Adventfjord, according to a notification by Longyearbyen Lokalstyre. A selection of hygiene articles as one might suspect. All the stuff that doesn’t belong into the toilet, as everybody (?) knows, but that nevertheless obviously far too often ends up there. Which is a phenomenon in itself, but that is not the subject here.
At least, now there is improvement and a lot of that shit (sorry) will not end up in the sea anymore from now on.
By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!
This and other publishing products of the Spitsbergen publishing house in the Spitsbergen-Shop.
Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← Back
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.