Remains of blubber ovens for rendering down whale blubber used by Dutch whalers at Smeerenburg

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Remains of blubber ovens for rendering down whale blubber used by Dutch whalers at Smeerenburg (79°44’n 011°04’e) on Albert 1 Land on Spitzebergen, Svalbard. The ovens date back to 1614 and are the earliest human artefacts on Svalbard.

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Photo credit: © Ashley Cooper pics / Alamy / Afripics
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