Laguenehytta / Antons verk
The place
Laguenehytta / Antons verk ("Laguene Cabin / Anton's Work") in Svalbard, Longyearbyen/Ny-Ålesund area (western Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean, Norway), at true altitude ~30 m (0 m acceptable on the arctic record), arctic polar tundra. Continuous cluster Norway Svalbard (batches 260-388, 2 records). Historic trapper's cabin + early 20th-century coal-mining industry (Anton, miner at the Store Norske coal mine 1916-1923, Adventfjorden company + Laguene place name + Svalbard 61,022 km², 1920 treaty, Norwegian sovereignty 1925 but 46 countries with equal rights to economic resource exploitation + Ny-Ålesund science base, 30 countries of researchers, 2500 inhabitants in summer + Longyearbyen 3000 inhabitants, world's northernmost town + Global Seed Vault 2008, 3 million seeds, resilient to climate/war, global biodiversity + polar bear heritage Ursus maritimus, 3000 individuals in Svalbard, iconic + Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, endemic dwarf Svalbard reindeer, 22,000).
The setting
Svalbard Longyearbyen/Ny-Ålesund western Spitsbergen Arctic Ocean Norway altitude 0 m acceptable on arctic record ~30 m actual polar tundra, continuous cluster batches 260-388 2 records, trapper's cabin Anton Store Norske coal mine 1916-1923 Adventfjorden + Laguene place name + Svalbard 61,022 km² 1920 treaty NO sovereignty 1925 46 countries equal rights resources + Ny-Ålesund 30 countries 2500 summer + Longyearbyen 3000 world's northernmost + Global Seed Vault 2008 3 million seeds global biodiversity, Ursus maritimus 3000 iconic + Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus endemic dwarf reindeer 22,000.
