Bottle house
Svalbard · NorvègeUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Bottle house in Svalbard, Longyearbyen/Adventdalen area (Norway, 78°N), at a true elevation of ~50 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous and needs correcting). A historic trapper's cabin or former mining-camp building from Svea/Sveagruva, part of the early-20th-century Norwegian Fangststasjoner heritage. Arctic tundra with saxifrages, moss campion and lichens. Danger: polar bears (Ursus maritimus), a firearm is mandatory outside Longyearbyen.
The setting
Svalbard Longyearbyen/Adventdalen 78°N, elevation listed as 0 m erroneous, ~50 m actual, early-20th-century Fangststasjoner trapper heritage, polar bears firearm mandatory outside Longyearbyen.
