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Ny-Ålesund: Museum

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The litt­le muse­um in Ny-Åle­sund, offi­ci­al­ly cal­led Ny-Åle­sund By- og Gru­ve­mu­se­um (Ny-Åle­sund town and mine muse­um), is an inte­res­t­ing and infor­ma­ti­ve attrac­tion. You can learn a lot about the local histo­ry which is based on three bran­ches of acti­vi­ties: coal mining, north pole expe­di­ti­ons and, exclu­si­ve­ly in modern times, sci­ence.

The muse­um has a lot of infor­ma­ti­on and pho­tos about dai­ly life in Ny-Åle­sund when it was still a remo­te, iso­la­ted mining vil­la­ge. The 1920s saw the famous north pole expe­di­ti­ons main­ly by Roald Amund­sen (1926, air­ship Nor­ge) and Umber­to Nobi­le (1926 and 1928, then air­ship Ita­lia). Click here for more infor­ma­ti­on about the­se expe­di­ti­ons.

Ny-Åle­sund was aban­do­ned as a coal mining sett­le­ment in 1963 after seve­ral hea­vy acci­dents. All later acti­vi­ty the­re ser­ves only sci­ence, eit­her direct­ly or indi­rect­ly (some­ti­mes very indi­rect­ly).

The Ny-Åle­sund By- og Gru­ve­mu­se­um is housed in the for­mer shop, which was built in 1917. It was con­ver­ted to a muse­um in 1989 and moder­nis­ed later.

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BOOKS, CALENDAR, POSTCARDS AND MORE

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
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  • Norwegens arktischer Norden (2): Aerial Arctic

    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).
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  • Poster “Svalbardhytter”

    The poster "Svalbardhytter" (70 x 100 cm) visualizes the diversity of Spitsbergen's huts in a range of arctic landscapes.
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  • Book “Svalbardhytter”

    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.
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  • Spitsbergen – Svalbard. The complete guidebook

    Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
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  • Rocks and Ice. Landscapes of the North

    A geographical traveling accompaniment to Spitsbergen and East Greenland (68-74°N). This is the English edition of the German book "Steine und Eis".
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  • East Greenland in Winter

    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.
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  • Postcard set Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

    12 Spitsbergen postcards in a beautifully designed tray. Individually numbered limited edition!
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  • Limited edition postcard set Antarctica

    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.
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