Dramatic landscape photography by Jan Erik Waider;
capturing the raw stillness of the Nordic countries.

Longyearbyen

Svalbard

'Longyearbyen' is a personal photo series by German landscape and advertising photographer Jan Erik Waider. The images were taken in the settlement of Longyearbyen and inside the Adventdalen valley on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway at 78°13′N 15°38′E.

Year 2017-09
Location Svalbard
View across Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) from Longyearbyen Mountain range along Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) Sail boat in the Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) near the Svalbard Airport Remains of a coal mining tram line and buckets above Longyearbyen. Old coal mining tram line and buckets above Longyearbyen The old coal cableway terminal (locally known as Taubanesentrale) in Longyearbyen The old coal cableway terminal in Longyearbyen The old coal cableway terminal in Longyearbyen Houses and the Svalbard Church in Logyearbyen The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure seed bank just outside of Longyearbyen The old coal cableway terminal and a view over Longyearbyen Sled dog taking a break under a house built on timber poles View across Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) with houses of Longyearbyen Abandoned coal mine #2 in Longyearbyen Abandoned coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley Abandoned coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley Coal mining tram line from coal mine #6 (Gruve 6) in the Adventdalen valley EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) on the mountain Breinosa in the Adventdalen valley Wreck of German meteorological plane from the second world war in the Adventdalen valley Snowy mountains in the Adventdalen valley EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) on the mountain Breinosa in the Adventdalen valley The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure seed bank just outside of Longyearbyen

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