Coal mining at Svalbard
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The coal from Lunckjefjell mine are loaded on trucks that drive through a road built on the glacier on their way to the port of shipment. -
The coal shipment port in the Van Mijenfjord is ice-covered most of the year and only open for shipping a few months. -
Coal miner outside the Svea Nord mine. -
Old, closed-down, coal mine near Svea on Svalbard. -
Coal mining has long traditions on Svalbard. Here a statue of a coal miner in the centre of Longyearbyen, the main settlement on Svalbard.
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