Longyearbyen downtown. Since the 1980s, Longyearbyen has developed away from a coal mining company town. Instead, the place has become a modern service-orientated family settlement. Here in there city centre, there is a shopping mall (the so-called „Lompensenter“) with various shops and cafés. Opposite, there is the large supermarket (known as „Svalbardbutikken“, officially: „Coop Svalbard“) where you find everything for daily life and a lot more.
The monument for the coal miner reminds of Longyearbyen’s history as a mining town, even though this is mostly history. Near Longyearbyen, there is only one mine (mine 7) still in use, a bit outside and away from town in Adventdalen.
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.