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Jan Mayen Island

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Ever heard for Jan Mayen? I've heard for the island a few weeks ago, and i was truly interested... These pictures are the only ones i found, and i think there is no more of them on internet (for now)
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Jan Mayen - One of Arctic mysteries

December 21, 2007
Jan Mayen is a volcanic island of norwegian dominion, located in the north atlantic ocean, 950km west of Norway, 600 km north of Iceland. Current crew is a total of 18, running the Loran-C navigation station, the meteorological station and maintaining the infrastructure - buildings, roads, airstrip, power station and so on. Both the LORAN transmitter and the meteorological station are located a few kilometers away from the settlement Olonkinbyen (English: The Olonkin City), where all personnel live. The view of the island is dominated by the active volcano, Beerenberg (2277m), which had its last eruption in 1985.
mellemel8 says:
OMG THIS IS ONE OF MY DREAM DESTINATION.
Posted on: Dec 29, 2007
isagregoire says:
Amazing pics you posted there! I know ppl who've been to Svalbard and said it was amazing there, I guess JM must be very 'exotic' as well. Sounds very interesting anyway:)
Posted on: Dec 21, 2007
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Beerenberg
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