This blog tells the story of Fjord (NOT Rudolph!!) - a little reindeer going to Svalbard with 3 scientists to study glaciers. The team will be in Ny Ålesund for three weeks in July and August. To find out where Svalbard is, what research the scientists are doing, how Arctic fieldwork is conducted, and to ask Fjord and the scientists questions, just have a poke around the site!

August 25, 2010

Longyearbyen

As I think we mentioned before, Longyearbyen is the main city on Svalbard. With a population of a bit over 2000, it supports research at the University Centre, coal mining in the region, and a lot of tourism. The town isn’t huge, but it’s a great place to look around and there are lots of places to walk. Svalbard protects its cultural history, so there are lots of relics from past eras everywhere you look! So, here are some photos for in/around/near Longyearbyen from our visit there as well as the time I spent there in March while taking a course at the university.





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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousOctober 20, 2010 at 5:47 AM

    Oooh I love the photos here. Just blogwalking and looking for some good nice interesting photos. I am a postcards colelctor actually and are there nice beautiful postcards from Longyearbyen?
    Regards,
    TJ (Malaysia)

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