(Post 3 of 4) Spring time in the dog yard. Want a ride in the cart? It’s work before play. Jenny picks up an impressive amount of dog poo. And then meets Miriam. Check out the next post.
Jenny
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Longyearbyen, Svalbard
There’s a little visitor’s table set up inside the old mine building. It seems people from all over the world have climbed up to sign their names and feel a bit of the history seeping out of the walls. Photo @eric_guth
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You can see part of the coal city in the background here, at the very far end of Longyearbyen, under the shadow of a glacier. We found bits and pieces of coal all over the slope.
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We’ve arrived in Svalbard’s main centre, Longyearbyen, on the island of Spitsbergen. 78.2200° N, 15.6500° E. We went for the long view this morning and hiked to an abandoned mine on the hillside above town. You always get perspective from up high. From the mine, we glimpsed the history of this place, named after an…
