{"id":3666,"date":"2018-03-06T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseca-28691.angelo-osl.servebolt.cloud\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:35:26","slug":"digging-for-black-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basecampexplorer.com\/nb\/digging-for-black-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Graver etter svart gull"},"content":{"rendered":"

Som ung mann, fri i verden og i stand til \u00e5 velge sin egen vei, er det ofte et \u00f8nske om \u00e5 tjene litt penger til baklommen, samtidig som man v\u00e5ger seg videre ut i den ukjente verden. Det var disse dr\u00f8mmene som fikk meg til \u00e5 s\u00f8ke jobb i kullgruvene p\u00e5 Spitsbergen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Det var en lang reise hjemmefra til Longyearbyen, som ligger nesten p\u00e5 Nordpolen. Rett etter at jeg hadde landet p\u00e5 Spitsbergen, gikk jeg inn p\u00e5 kontoret til sjefen for Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani. Der fikk jeg min f\u00f8rste arbeidsplan og ble vist til boligen min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uten \u00e5 hvile s\u00e6rlig mye steg jeg p\u00e5 gruvebussen og kj\u00f8rte opp p\u00e5 fjellet for \u00e5 ta mitt f\u00f8rste skift. Bare noen timer etter at jeg ankom den lille byen, omgitt av vidstrakt tundra og h\u00f8ye fjell,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeg var p\u00e5 vei til \u00e5 bli en \u201cgruvebus\u201d - en ekte gruvearbeider.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I gruven m\u00f8tte jeg de svarte, skitne og tause mennene. Etter en meget kort sikkerhetsinstruksjon ble jeg tildelt et lag i \u00abkuttskiftet\u00bb - kuttlaget. Akkurat som alle de nye m\u00e5tte jeg starte fra bunnen av stigen. Jeg var en \u201cGr\u00f8nnskolting\u201d - gruvearbeider med gr\u00f8nn hjelm. Selv om jeg ikke visste det enn\u00e5, hadde den en spesiell betydning. Den gr\u00f8nne hjelmen betydde hardt arbeid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kuttskiftet jobbet for det meste p\u00e5 hender og kn\u00e6r eller liggende p\u00e5 ryggen, dyttet inn i de trange tunnelene. Vi jobbet som et team. Driller laget hull i det svarte fjellet, og Cutter brukte maskinene sine til \u00e5 skj\u00e6re kullet i mindre biter. Cut-hjelperen l\u00e5 p\u00e5 ryggen med en spade og dyttet kullet ut fra den trange \u00e5ren. Hjelperne kunne lett skyve opp til 8000 ganger i l\u00f8pet av ett skift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hjelperen var, som man kunne anta, nederst p\u00e5 den sosiale rangstigen, og dermed ble det min f\u00f8rste jobb i gruven. Det var en t\u00f8ff oppl\u00e6ring for en fersk nybegynner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De som holdt ut det fysisk harde, men sv\u00e6rt monotone arbeidet, ble bel\u00f8nnet med \u00e5 kunne stige i gradene i samfunnet. Mange fikk hjemlengsel i den lille, bortgjemte byen eller fikk \u201cfjellskrekk\u201d etter timevis i den bekm\u00f8rke gruven. Antallet arbeidere som forlot gruven etter de f\u00f8rste m\u00e5nedene var stort. Bare de t\u00f8ffeste klarte denne fysisk og psykisk harde jobben.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Som ung mann, fri i verden og i stand til \u00e5 velge sin egen vei, er det ofte et \u00f8nske om \u00e5 tjene litt penger til baklommen, samtidig som man v\u00e5ger seg videre ut i den ukjente verden. Det var disse dr\u00f8mmene som fikk meg til \u00e5 s\u00f8ke jobb i kullgruvene p\u00e5 Spitsbergen. 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