Advent City
Advent City is an abandoned coal mining settlement located on the east side of Adventfjorden on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway.The village was situated on a fell field with a High Arctic tundra vegetation grazed by Svalbard reindeer and geese and dominated by mountain avens (Dryas octopetala), polar willow (Salix polaris), mosses and lichens.Today, the mine has caved in and Advent City only consists of ruins, the only visible remains being the building foundations.The mining activity started in 1903 and the first structures appeared, which included a small smithy, a kitchen and a mess tent.After a hundred years after the abandonment of the settlement and mine, ground clearances, animal dung and waste dumps continue to have an effect on landscape and vegetation.
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