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  • Hiorthamn, across Adventfjorden from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
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  • Coal cableway building, Hiorthamn
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  • Narrow gauge rail tracks used to transport coal to the pier at Hiorthhamn
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  • Hiorthfjellet
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  • Hiorthfjellet, the mess hall for the coal mine can be seen on the shoulder of the mountain on the right
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  • Hiolthfjellet gruva mess hall
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  • The only building remaining standing at Hiorthfjell gruva, also called Sneheim,  above Hiorthhamn. This was the mess hall where coal miner had their meals.
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  • Mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • The remains of a 1917 coal miner's messhall located 1,900 feet up on the mountain at Hiorthfjell gruva, also called Sneheim. This coal mine was active  sporadically during the first decades of the 20th century. Coal was transported down the mountain on a cableway.
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  • Interior of the mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Interior of the mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Interior of the mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Interior of the mess hall at Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Oscar II Land and Isfjord from Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Entrance to the coal mine can be seen on the upper right
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  • Icefjorden from Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • A curious Ptarmagin
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  • Longyearbyen and Adventfjorden from Hiorthfjell gruva
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  • Adventfjorden from Hiorthfjell gruva (Sneheim)
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  • Our tracks from the very difficult climb up the snow fields to Hiorthfjell gruva
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