Exploring Longyearbyen...

for four days, the northernmost town on Earth.

Searching the glacial moraine with Ida and Ryan for Paleocene plant fossils.

Searching the glacial moraine with Ida and Ryan for Paleocene plant fossils.

Me at the headworks to coal mine 2B above town.

Me at the headworks to coal mine 2B above town.

Inside the headworks at mine 2B.

Inside the headworks at mine 2B.

Exploring the coal mining headworks with Cobus and Blackjack.

Exploring the coal mining headworks with Cobus and Blackjack.

Svalbard poppy enjoying the short summer bloom.

Svalbard poppy enjoying the short summer bloom.