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26 July 2008 15:35
The Governor of Svalbard made a report about the remains of the coal mining era behind the village. In this report, there are several pictures and I have tried to take the same pictures again to see the changes over time. Below you can compare the pictures from 1998 and 2008. What has changed in ten years?
2008 1998

pictures 1998 from: Sysselmannen på Svalbard (1999):
“Helhetlig plan for miljøtiltak i gruveområdet Ny-Ålesund (Kings Bay)” Sysselmannens rapportserie Nr.2.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998
fig. 18











fig. 20		the report from 1999
situatie 2008 situatie 1998
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 21 
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 22 
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 24 
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 25 

The roofbovenzijde was laying on the ground in 1998 and is now placed back.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 26 
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 27 

I spend some time trying to find the exact position. Three tubes are clearly visisble in the front in 2008, but the middle one was hardly visible in 1998.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 28 
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 33 

This location was difficult to find. The tins are small. Mainly food size. There are also some remains of a camp fire.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 37 

In 1998 the drums were on a pile. In 2008 some drums have fallen down.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 fig. 38 

Here the changes are most obvious. Only one wagon remains and the rest of the site is cleared. This site is on the border of the mining area. What happened?
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 87 top
situatie 2007 situatie 1998 page 87 bottom

We could not find this spot in 2008, but Ricardo Roura had made a picture of the site in 2007.
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 88 top
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 88 bottom
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 89 top
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 89 bottom
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 90 top
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 90 bottom
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 91 top
situatie 2008 situatie 1998 page 91 bottom

The drum has changed position but the wood is remarkably similar.
All pictures were taken together with two waypoints. One at the spot of the photo, the next 4 meters in the direction of the picture. I will make a map and a list of waypoints and place these later on this page.


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