Highlights

• A tamed arctic river: Longyearelva
• A wild arctic river: Adentelva
• Beach ridges
• Ice wedges
• Islands on the rocks: Glaciers
• Landscapes created by glaciers: moraines
• Longyearbreen and climate fluctuations
• Permafrost and climate
• Pingo
• The high plateaux of Platåberget, Gruvefjellet etc.: long-term landscape evolution
• Vestpynten, Revneset and Adventdalen: Beach ridges

Further information:
The Geology of Longyearbyen Booklet (PDF-Download)