Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island - Svalbard - 4

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Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island - Svalbard - 4


The blackened walls are the remains of spilled blubber from the pots soaking into sand piled up against the pots so forming a sort of concrete, stones and bricks were pushed into this to make a more resilient and substantial structure.



Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise around Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle in high summer.