Spitsbergen remains authentic adventure land. Its economic activity revolved almost exclusively on coal, operated by Norwegian and Russian. Hiking on the land Polar is not without constraint must be armed to protect themselves from possible attacks polar bear, so many on this archipelago that they have become an emblematic icon.
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Pyramiden, Russian ghost town, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Pyramiden, Russian ghost town, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Pyramiden, Russian ghost town, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Bones of reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus platyrhynchus) in Spitsbergen [AT]

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Wooden reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus platyrhynchus) in Spitsbergen [AT]

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Hiking in the valley of Adventalen, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus platyrhynchus) and hiker in Spitsbergen [AT]

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Remnants of mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Remnants of mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Industrial remains in Svalbard [AT]

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Remnants of mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Mineral landscape of Spitsbergen in summer [AT]

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Spitsbergen in summer landscape [AT]

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Longyearbyen and Barentsburg between Trek, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Remains of Russian mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Longyearbyen and Barentsburg between Trek, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Spitsbergen in summer landscape [AT]

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Danger Polar Bears Spitsbergen [AT]

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Longyearbyen and Barentsburg between Trek, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Relic hunting and trapping in Spitsbergen [AT]

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Svalbard polar bear emblem [AT]

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Landscape of Spitsbergen in the summer. Adventalen Valley, near Longyearbyen. [AT]

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Remnants of mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Longyearbyen and Barentsburg between Trek, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Danger Polar Bears Spitsbergen [AT]

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Hiker and reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus platyrhynchus) in Spitsbergen [AT]

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Remains of Russian mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Remains of Russian mining, Spitsbergen [AT]

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Danger Polar Bears Spitsbergen [AT]

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Adventalen Valley, Spitsbergen [AT]