Barentsburg, Coal Mine Expedition

Arctic Travel Company Grumant

It is the only one operating coal mine in the world where you can get into with a tour.

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The mine in Barentsburg is the one with the shortest coal production and the northernmost one among all the Russian mines.

On the mine tour you can see a war between man and nature, mechanisms of getting into the ground depth and of mine reinforcement and collapse protection. You can learn how the coal is being produced and transported onto the surface. You can talk with a miner, a person who spends a big part of his life underground. You can hear sounds of the underground mine core and feel a breath of the wind going up to the surface from the half-kilometer depth.

After the tour, you will get a certificate that confirms the visit to the northernmost Russian coal mine in the world.

For the tour, we provide specialized equipment such as an overall that protects you from the dust, warm waterproof boots, protective gloves, a hard hat with a mining lamp, and a self-rescue device (a portable breathing device). Before the tour start, you go through the safety briefing prep and then confirm it acknowledged in a specific record book. Tours are guided by well-experienced miners.