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.
The town from above
The Russian consulate in Barentsburg
Barentsburg mining town in summer 1989
Barentsburg Kindergarten, August 1989
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
…Barentsburg after the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz. In 1932 the company sold the mine, including its settlement Barentsburg, to the Soviet trust Arktikugol. On 17 October 2006, Norwegian inspectors detected a smouldering underground fire in Barentsburg, prompting fears that an open fire might break out…
Barentsburg Harbor
The remains of Grumant
Remains of the coal handling facilities at the port in Colesbukta
Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden