Barentsburg 2017
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Barentsburg is a Russian settlement in Spitsbergen, the largest among Svalbard Islands. Actually property of Artikugol, an oil company, it has been renewed in last years. Less than one thousand people live there, mostly mine workers with their families.
No roads to reach the town, from Longyearbyean you must travel by boat in summer and by snowmobile in winter.
And winter, probably, or early in Spring are the best periods for a visit, when snow covers everything in a touch of elegance. In the settlement there is a school for children, a beautiful sport center, the Pomor museum and some other historical and modern buildings. For those who want to stay overnight there is a comfortable hotel. There is also an orthodox church made in wood, a gift of Norway to remember the victims of an air crash in 1996.
Barentsburg is a must while traveling in Svalbard for its particular location on a beautiful fjord and for its strange atmosphere, a mix between vintage Soviet soul and modernity.
Moreover, if you choose to travel in winter (and this is what I suggest), the trip from Longyearbyen will offer you some wonderful landscapes you'll never forget.
If weather is not too bad, of course. As it happened to us in March 2017.
This film is a brief summery of that excursion to Barentsburg, leaving Longyearbyen under a snowy sky, climbing Longyear pass in the fog, crossing some incredible valleys till the sea where clouds opened for a short period to show us the best views.
To come back, late in the afternoon, it was really hard. A sort of challenge against snowfall and critical visibility. I had to stop footage because my action cam was iced. We arrived late in the evening after 120 kilometers ride, completely exhausted but really happy.
Special thanks to Knut, our guide from Poli Arctici. We were all absolute beginners for the Arctic and he helped us to overcome all difficulties.
Special thanks to Lorenzo e Kate Casini, it was a great luck for us to meet them in Svalbard. Some footage and photos are theirs.
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Footage are from Olympus OM-D EM5 MKII, Eken H8R and a GoPro4. Photos are shot with Nikon D3100 and Sony A6000.
Post-production and editing with Cyberlink PowerDirector 12.
Map is obtained with my Suunto Traverse and Suunto Movescout app.
This is one of my first YouTube film. I had no experience when I did it, nor on the field, neither in post-production. I chose a playlist for soundtrack not royalty free. I beg your pardon for this but this is not a commercial film and I didn't earn anything in doing or publishing it.
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Barentsburg
Barentsburg is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 500 inhabitants, almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. It is the site of the Barentsburg Pomor Museum.
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SVALBARD
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya
Жизнь в вечной мерзлоте на краю света: русско-норвежский Шпицберген
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Жизнь за полярным крутом, в вечной мерзлоте и в окружении белых медведей — сравниваем жизнь двух городов Шпицбергена: норвежского Лонгйир и русского Баренцбург.
Будем сравнивать: дома и архитектуру городов, больницы, городскую среду, дороги, общие виды на города, историческую застройку, памятники, дорожные знаки, сувенирную продукцию, детские сады и школы, новое жильё и цены на продукты. Формально Шпицберген — норвежская территория. Но некоторые другие государства имеют право вести там хозяйственную деятельность. Россия ведёт, поэтому там есть и русские поселения.
Ролики проекта «Граница»:
Граница России и Китая: где круче панельные гетто?
Северная граница России: где жить, а где выживать
Граница: грустный Уссурийск и веселый Суйфэньхэ
Мусорная граница России
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Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 39,044 km2, making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva.
The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. Coal mining started at the end of the 19th century and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognized Norwegian sovereignty and established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone.
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Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 39,044 km2 , making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva.
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