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05: HAMMERFEST MONUMENTS { 20 images } Created 30 Apr 2012

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  • Gateway to the Arctic monument depicts meridians arching northward over polar bears to meet at North Pole, crowned with town's coat of arms; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Gateway to the Arctic monument depicts meridians arching northward over polar bears to meet at North Pole, crowned with town's coat of arms; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Top of the Gateway to the Arctic monument, where meridians meet at figurative North Pole, crowned with town's coat of arms; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Top of the Gateway to the Arctic monument, where meridians meet at figurative North Pole, crowned with town's coat of arms; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Top of the Gateway to the Arctic monument, where meridians meet at figurative North Pole, crowned with town's coat of arms; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Head of silvered polar bear at the Gateway to the Arctic monument in center of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Relief of silvered polar bear on gazebo in center of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Relief of silvered polar bear on gazebo in center of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Mother and child are featured in fountain in center of town, a gift from US ambassador Charles Ulrick Bay whose mother was from Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Sculpture of an Arctic vessel in pack ice commemorates history of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Sculpture of an Arctic vessel in pack ice commemorates history of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Sculpture of an Arctic vessel in pack ice commemorates history of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Meridian Column, erected 1854, commemorates first international scientific measurement of Earth's circumference in 1852 by Norway, Sweden and Russia, running through town of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Meridian Column, erected 1854, commemorates first international scientific measurement of Earth's circumference in 1852 by Norway, Sweden and Russia, running through town of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Meridian Column, erected 1854, commemorates first international scientific measurement of Earth's circumference in 1852 by Norway, Sweden and Russia, running through town of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Meridian Column, erected 1854, commemorates first international scientific measurement of Earth's circumference in 1852 by Norway, Sweden and Russia, running through town of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Meridian Column, erected 1854, commemorates first international scientific measurement of Earth's circumference in 1852 by Norway, Sweden and Russia, running through town of Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Stuffed polar bears adorn dining area of Turistua restaurant and lodge atop Mount Salen; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Stuffed polar bears adorn dining area of Turistua restaurant and lodge atop Mount Salen; Hammerfest, Norway.
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  • Scene from book adorns hotel room door at Turistua restaurant and lodge atop Mount Salen; Hammerfest, Norway.
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