And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, November 11, 2024
Who Lives There? "Honey, I got a new job in Svalbard! Call the movers!"
I'd like to know how people get to that structure halfway up the hill on the right. Snowshoes? Helicopter? I don't see any sign of a road or trail, though there are a few electric poles headed that way.
Probably the resolution just isn't good enough to see the snowmobile track.
Longyearbyen. The roads don't glow, but there are matker lights on them. Bear precautions for the very long night. The light on the mountain is Mine No. 2, also known as gruve or the Santa Claus mine. It is abandoned/closed but remains lit for safety. Local folklore says santa and his elves live deep in the mine and there is a mail drop box at the base of the mountain for letters to him.
I assume that is a frozen river going down the center. I'd like to see a picture of that valley in summer.
ReplyDeleteThat IS summer!
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't for the long, cold winters and the darkness for 1/3 of the year, it'd be a really nice place to live.
ReplyDeleteNo trees, no swamp & entirely too much snow, I wouldn't even visit a place like that much less live there.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know how people get to that structure halfway up the hill on the right. Snowshoes? Helicopter? I don't see any sign of a road or trail, though there are a few electric poles headed that way.
ReplyDeleteProbably the resolution just isn't good enough to see the snowmobile track.
I'd like to know why the roads all have glowing segments.
ReplyDeleteLongyearbyen. The roads don't glow, but there are matker lights on them. Bear precautions for the very long night. The light on the mountain is Mine No. 2, also known as gruve or the Santa Claus mine. It is abandoned/closed but remains lit for safety. Local folklore says santa and his elves live deep in the mine and there is a mail drop box at the base of the mountain for letters to him.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, Thank you!
DeleteCecilia lives there, with Grim, and Christopher...
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/CeciliaBlomdahl
Awesome book about a trapper who lived there, "The year-long day".
ReplyDeleteIf that was anywhere near where I'm located, you'd need a 10 h.p. sump pump.
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