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Barentsburg part 2

1 Phew! we've landed - now for those steps!
2 Derelict wooden buildings
3 More of the same - quite pretty though
4 The top of those steps
5 The welcoming doorway of the ex-social club
6 The sports centre, with Olympic pool and palm trees
7 Sign on the hillside - Soviet star and peace on earth
8 Public transport - it does work, we saw it move!
9 The culture centre, with museum and Polar Star shop. Some cracking souvenirs - fur hats, Russian dolls and paintings and poker work by the inhabitants - mainly of polar bears - I bought a small painting and a pokerwork plaque as I wasn't going to see polar bears any other way
My garden gnome on left of picture! He bought a cap with polar bear logo
10 Barentsburg logo - a miner and polar bears with Russian and Norwegian flags