Pyramiden - Summer 2008
July 21st
Pyramiden is a 4-hour boattrip away from Longyearbyen.
On the way, we pass Skansen. Notice the building of the former gypsum mine.
An old boat…
…and a close-up of the old mine building.
Skansen has some beautiful rock formtions.
A view along Skansen into Billefjorden.
De Geerfjellet (1023m) to the right, Wordiekammen (796m) to the left, at the head
of Billefjorden.
The immense Nordenskiöldbreen, right acros Billefjorden from Pyramiden.
Along the coast, Devonian sandstone.
And finally a good view on Pyramiden - the pyramid-shape mountain which gives the
city its name is covered in clouds.
Pyramiden.
Pyramiden.
Pyramiden. Can you guess where we are?
The wooden buildings in the city center belong to the early days of Pyramiden, founded
1910 by Sweden, and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927.
The mine was closed 1998, and since then only 4 people live here all year round.
The northernmost Lenin statue, in front of the culture centre.
The culture centre contains a library,
…a music room,
…a picture of proud folks showing the first tulips grown in the arctic,
…a cinema,
…the grand entrance hall with a mirror wall…
…and the indoor sports hall.
From the cultural centre you have a magnificent view across city centre to the Nordenskiöld
glacier.
The Arcticugol Trust emblem, the Russian state owned coal mining company that operates on
Svalbard.
Pyramiden had also a Norwegian post office.
They have a museum that shows all beautiful things in life…
…and a luxury bar at the hotel.
But the hotel now only offers accomodation to nesting Kittiwakes.
They have some grass growing here too.
Nordenskiöld glacier from close up.
Nordenskiöld glacier.
Nordenskiöld glacier.
Billefjorden on the way to Sassenfjorden.
A Puffin in emergency start phase.
Beautiful rock formations…
…and folded rock beds towards Gipshuken.
The bird cliff Diabasodden.
From this close-up you can work out the size proportions of the bird cliff.
On to Barentsburg | Back to Svalbard - Summer 2008
Pyramiden is a 4-hour boattrip away from Longyearbyen.
On the way, we pass Skansen. Notice the building of the former gypsum mine.
An old boat…
…and a close-up of the old mine building.
Skansen has some beautiful rock formtions.
A view along Skansen into Billefjorden.
De Geerfjellet (1023m) to the right, Wordiekammen (796m) to the left, at the head
of Billefjorden.
The immense Nordenskiöldbreen, right acros Billefjorden from Pyramiden.
Along the coast, Devonian sandstone.
And finally a good view on Pyramiden - the pyramid-shape mountain which gives the
city its name is covered in clouds.
Pyramiden.
Pyramiden.
Pyramiden. Can you guess where we are?
The wooden buildings in the city center belong to the early days of Pyramiden, founded
1910 by Sweden, and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927.
The mine was closed 1998, and since then only 4 people live here all year round.
The northernmost Lenin statue, in front of the culture centre.
The culture centre contains a library,
…a music room,
…a picture of proud folks showing the first tulips grown in the arctic,
…a cinema,
…the grand entrance hall with a mirror wall…
…and the indoor sports hall.
From the cultural centre you have a magnificent view across city centre to the Nordenskiöld
glacier.
The Arcticugol Trust emblem, the Russian state owned coal mining company that operates on
Svalbard.
Pyramiden had also a Norwegian post office.
They have a museum that shows all beautiful things in life…
…and a luxury bar at the hotel.
But the hotel now only offers accomodation to nesting Kittiwakes.
They have some grass growing here too.
Nordenskiöld glacier from close up.
Nordenskiöld glacier.
Nordenskiöld glacier.
Billefjorden on the way to Sassenfjorden.
A Puffin in emergency start phase.
Beautiful rock formations…
…and folded rock beds towards Gipshuken.
The bird cliff Diabasodden.
From this close-up you can work out the size proportions of the bird cliff.