Arktikugol
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Arktikugol is a Russian coal mining unitary enterprise which operates on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. Owned by the government of Russia, Arktikugol currently performs limited mining
Barentsburg Harbor
The remains of Grumant
Remains of the coal handling facilities at the port in Colesbukta
Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden
Barentsburg
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Barentsburg is the second-largest settlement in Svalbard, Norway, with about 300 inhabitants. A coal mining town, the settlement is now almost entirely made up of Russian nationals.
Arktikugol
…which operates on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. Owned by the government of Russia, Arktikugol currently performs limited mining in Barentsburg. It has carried out mining operations in the towns of Pyramiden and Grumant, which it still owns, and once operated a port at Colesbukta. The company…
The town from above
The Russian consulate in Barentsburg
Barentsburg mining town in summer 1989
Barentsburg Kindergarten, August 1989