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Vault for the IU-KBS Seismic Station is 15 Feet Below

By Earthquake Hazards Program
concrete platform with solar panel in snow, and someone drilling into it
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Detailed Description

GSN field engineers from the Albuquerque Seismic Lab visited the northernmost town in the world Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norway) on their way north to GSN station IU-KBS for a station upgrade. GSN station IU-KBS is located in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago. The vault for the IU-KBS seismic station is 15 feet below.

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Public Domain.