点评:Our tour guide was Michael at Gruve (Mine site) #3. He did an amazing job of giving us the feel of working in a coal mine.
We started in a small building where Michael laid out the mine and how they were extracting extremely pure coal (95+ carbon) from a seam that was only 60cm thick. We then got our helmets and headlights for the 500 metre walk into the mine. Some of us also put on coveralls so we could crawl into the coal seam like the miners did just a few years ago.
While we were deep in the mountain we made two stops. First we stopped at the Arctic World Archive. This storage site contains microfiche copies of information from around the world.
Second at the Nordic Seed Bank that maintains ampules and vacuum sealed packages containing seeds from many different sources.
This is an amazing glimpse into life in this region with an opportunity to learn how coal mining is performed in this part of the Arctic.
You may even learn about the Svalbard Treaty!
翻译:我们的导游是格鲁夫(矿场)3号的迈克尔。他非常出色地让我们感受到了在煤矿工作的感觉。
我们从一栋小楼开始,迈克尔在那里向我们介绍了矿场的布局,以及他们如何从仅60厘米厚的煤层中开采出纯度极高的煤炭(碳含量超过95%)。然后,我们戴上头盔和头灯,徒步500米进入矿井。我们中的一些人还穿上了工作服,这样我们就可以像几年前的矿工一样爬进煤层。
在深山中,我们停了两站。首先,我们去了北极世界档案馆。这个存储点保存着来自世界各地的信息的缩微胶片副本。
其次,我们去了北欧种子库,那里保存着来自不同来源的种子的安瓿瓶和真空密封包装。
这让我们有机会了解该地区令人惊叹的生活,并了解北极这片地区的煤矿开采方式。
您甚至可能了解到《斯瓦尔巴条约》!