Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands Ny London Houses

Ny-London is an abandoned marble mining settlement on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen, founded in the early 1900s by British entrepreneur Ernest Mansfield. The ambitious project was abandoned after the marble proved unsuitable for profitable export, leaving behind machinery and buildings that still stand today. Today, Ny-London is a protected historic site that offers a fascinating glimpse into the challenges of early Arctic industrial ventures.

If you get low into the snow, even digging some snow holes, you can get some soft snow into the foreground to remove distraction of not so clean and clear foregrounds.

Traveling to Ny-London offers a rare opportunity to step into a remote Arctic landscape where history and wilderness exist side by side. Visitors usually arrive by expedition ship or Zodiac. Doable by a day-trip from Longyearbyen via a tour.