SH 201 Svalbard history

Hi Lucy here, 

In the last last 2 weeks we have had the option to attend a very interesting course about the history of Svalbard, we attened 10 lectures and our field trip was around the museum (for those of you who have not been here this is next to UNIS). It is a very cool place:



picture of the museum



The museum it's self has covers so many asspects from the wild life to all of the different human activities, on Svalbard. It is designed that the walk around the out side will take you through the human history, fome whaling to the conditions that the people lived in.

a picture of a traditional hut and trap

The museum is also designed to be interactive, there are many points you can join in tryin on boots or even crawing through a crawl space pretending to be a coal minner as I did.

For those of you thinking about coming out here I would really recommend this course it the lecture is brilliant and really make history as interactive as it can be with a warm up of the cultural heritage quiz. If you ever find your self in Svalbard definatly check out the museum!