Located just a few kilometers north of Longyearbyen on the other side of Adventfjord, Advent City was the first coal mine on Spitsbergen to operate year-round. It was abandoned just five years after work began due to unprofitable operations. While parts of the settlement have been left to decay for over a hundred years, many of the buildings were rebuilt elsewhere shortly after mining operations were abandoned and largely still stand in their new positions today. In addition to the remains of buildings and technical installations on site, as well as the wooden huts that are still standing, a whole series of historical photographs have survived that show us a very accurate picture of the settlement. From the various sources, a comprehensive 3D model of Advent City was developed, showing the British mine at the time of its operation in the early 20th century. This model was then transferred into a virtual reality application that allows the user to experience the settlement immersively. In our paper we will discuss in detail the genesis of the 3D model as well as the VR environment and afterwards discuss the benefit of such a digital world for disseminating the results of polar archaeological research to a broad audience.