Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island - Svalbard - 12

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Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island - Svalbard - 12


The wall of one of the blubber ovens made of sand piled up against the iron pot that would have gone in the center concreted by blubber spilling from the pot, red and yellow bricks imported as ships ballast and local grey stones pushed into the wall to provide extra strength.



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