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This is just the kind of situation you want to avoid in Svalbard. This picture memorializes an incident in which it appears that somebody died.
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The bar in the hotel in Barentsberg. If you have ever been to a provincial Russian town this will look very familiar.
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Beautiful downtown Barentsberg. It is a very substantial looking settlement.
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This building appears only partially inhabited.
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Well that Russian gingerbread sure looks cute.
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Ooooooh. Nice. We like Soviet murals. And this is a cool looking one.
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More photos of Barentsberg. For what it's worth. We did nearly kill ourselves getting here.
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The Russian consulate. Svalbard is under Norwegian law, but the territory is open to all for purposes of work. And the Russians are very serious about keeping a presence here.
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Here we are with Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov AKA Lenin. Perhaps one of the most northern of all Lenin statues.
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