Something sad and something wonderful

Another beautiful day, another walk. This time across Adventdalen, where we saw the memorial of the awful airplane-crash that happened here 11 years ago.

Crossing the river on the way - very little water by now.

Patterns left in the riverbed. The white stuff is snow.




The memorial, with many flowers and some sweets, maybe left for the children who died.



The mountain in the background, Operafjellet, is where the plane crashed. 141 people died when the plane, probably due to human failure, missed the airport and hit the mountain at about 850 m altitude. It was full of Russian and Ukrainian miners and their families.



That was the sad part. The wonderful bit was the weather and the fresh air and the light and the scenery. I just can´t get enough of the light and the scenery. This is the view towards the mountains Nordenskiöldfjellet and Plateaufjellet.


And here the remnants of a happy reindeer.