Fishing Lady Life, Polar Evening, January 24th at 7:00 PM,

On Friday, January 24, Linda Bakken will be visiting the Ishavsmuseet Aarvak. Bakken will be giving a lecture about the life of a trapper in Svalbard, as well as about everyday life in Ny-Ålesund, Longyearbyen and Sveagruva.

Linda Bakken has lived in Svalbard for 12 years. For a year she lived as a trapper in Mushamna at Woodfjorden in the far north of Spitsbergen. This was an adventurous year with many memorable experiences. Due to a breakup with her boyfriend, Bakken was alone for parts of the year. This created extra challenges, but also a greater sense of closeness to nature and mastery of challenges. The year in Mushamna with trapping, isolation, darkness and light will be the main focus of the lecture.

Bakken started his Svalbard life in Ny-Ålesund in 2005. The Arctic city, also known as Brandal City, was founded by people from Brandal. A long period of mining ended after the Kings Bay accident in November 1962. The site is now a research station with people from all over the world. Bakken lived in Ny-Ålesund for five years, with airport and port operations as his area of ​​responsibility.

In 2012, Bakken started working for Store Norske Kullkompani in Sveagruva, where she was the operations manager in the control tower. She lived in Longyearbyen at the time, and commuted to work by plane or snowmobile. When Bakken started in Svea, there were up to 200 people there. On her last work trip in November, there were a total of 12 people in Sveagruva. ​​Bakken talks about the closure of the mining operation, the madness surrounding a mine that never came into operation, and the big change that has happened in recent years. 

Bakken now lives in Ålesund with his partner and two children.

Those who come to Brandal this evening will be served film clips, pictures and stories from a varied Svalbard life. Clipfish after the lecture for those who sign up for dinner.

Welcome!