2014.06.14 - Pyramiden

After no night but good sleep (at least for me) and breakfast, we entered the Polargirl (a boat) to a trip into the Billefjorden at 9 in the morning. First we got to Skansbukta, where a trapper station is located. Pyramiden is a Russian settlement that was abandoned in 1998, it was used for coal mining. The settlement had 1200 inhabitants at some point and was used for showing the west how awesome communism is. But apparently communism didn't work out that well and so there is the northernmost cinema, gym, etc, there. Next up was a bird cliff and the Nordenskiöld glacier - landscape and wildlife wise: look at the pictures! No words fitting. At 20.00, we were back in the guest house and while we had our delicious dinner, the floor was still moving...