Svalbard — Longyearbyen and beyond

Longyearbyen and beyond is a documentary photo series by Jan Erik Waider. The images were taken in the settlement of Longyearbyen and inside the Adventdalen valley on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.

78°13′N 15°38′E
September 2017

View across Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) from Longyearbyen

Mountain range along Adventfjorden (Advent Bay)

Sail boat in the Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) near the Svalbard Airport

Old coal crane in the harbor of Longyearbyen

Remains of a coal mining tram line and buckets above Longyearbyen.

Old coal mining tram line and buckets above Longyearbyen.

The old coal cableway terminal (locally known as Taubanesentrale) in Longyearbyen

The old coal cableway terminal in Longyearbyen

The old coal cableway terminal in Longyearbyen

Houses and the Svalbard Church in Logyearbyen

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure seed bank just outside of Longyearbyen

The old coal cableway terminal and a view over Longyearbyen

Sled dog taking a break under a house built on timber poles hammered into the permafrost ground

View across Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) with houses of Longyearbyen

A polar bear warning sign on the outskirts of Longyearbyen

Abandoned coal mine #2 in Longyearbyen

Abandoned coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley, between Todalen and Bolterdalen

Abandoned coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley, between Todalen and Bolterdalen

Coal mining tram line from coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley

EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) on the mountain Breinosa in the Adventdalen valley

Wreck of German meteorological plane from the second world war in the Adventdalen valley

Snowy mountains in the Adventdalen valley

EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) on the mountain Breinosa in the Adventdalen valley

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure seed bank just outside of Longyearbyen

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