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Spitzbergen Locations

Harbors, Geography, Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." North Cape Bear Island. [A dramatic craggy landform meets the sea].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Harbors, Geography, Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Bear Island. [Two men stand on a rocky shoreline with high cliffs in the background].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Harbors, Docks, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Buildings Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Silo, Bear Island. [A coal silo attached to a rocky peninsula that sticks into the harbor. The silo has two chutes to fill ships. A few structures stand nearby].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Buildings, Geography Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Mine #2 - Longyear Valley. [View of a distant mountian with a coal mine and incline rail line. A simple building is visible in the foreground].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Human Settlements, Transportation Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Longyear Valley, Longyear City. [A settlement at the bottom of a mountian adjacent a river drainage. A mine is on the mountainside attached to an aerial tramway and inclined rail line. Two aerial towers stand in the foreground].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Railroads, Cars, Transportation, Railroads Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Passenger Haulage Longyear Valley. [A group of men sit on a rail trolley on an inclined rail line. An aerial tramway tower stands in the foreground].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Harbors, Docks, Ships, Transportation, Railroads Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." New Aalesund, Kings Bayy. [A ship, the Gezina, is docked to a rail trestle in a harbor. A steam locomotive with cail cars stands on the trestle].

Scanned: July 3, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Power-Plants, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Transportation, Railroads Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Advent Bay, New Power Station. [A concrete powerhouse under construction. Another powerhouse stands in the background. Debris is littered around the ground].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Harbors, Docks, Transportation Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Longyear Valley. [A crane with large grab bucket stands next to a steel hopper filled with coal. A harbor with dock attached to an aerial tramway is visible in the background].

Scanned: June 24, 2008


Spitzbergen Locations

Harbors, Natural Resources, Human Settlements Album Cover: "To the man who started it all John M Longyear from his former clerk care S. Sather 1921." Norwegian Government Radio Green Harbor. [A complex of buildings by a harbor. Two radio towers rise above the buildings].

Scanned: June 24, 2008