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Monday 9 November 2026No. 15Objects sectionBack to the front page

Objects

Objects from Svalbard and the stories they carry. 1 piece.

  1. Objects · Webcomic

    A tin-can guitar, a Bellsund hut and the winter of 1947

    Svalbard Museum's homemade guitar was found in 1965 in Camp Bell, the house in Vårsolbukta where two trappers meant to spend the winter of 1947. Who made the guitar is not known for certain. How their winter ended is on record.

    The guitar · The plan · The drum · Christmas · The funeral · What is left

    Photo: Svalbard Wire