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Gritty Side of Longyearbyen #1

Coal mining has been a huge part of Svalbard's past. There were mines up in the mountains all around Longyearbyen. The mined coal was trasported to the harbor by these gravity powered cable buckets. While no longer used, the system's towers, cables, and buckets are everywhere.

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Uploaded on October 11, 2025
Taken on May 30, 2025