11 December 2020 - ABANDONED RUSSIAN SETTLEMENT IN NORWAY

 

ABANDONED RUSSIAN 

SETTLEMENT IN NORWAY

G'day folks,

On the top of the world at Svalbard, an archipelago situated between Norway and the North Pole, is a place that the world forgot for nearly a decade, a Russian mining settlement established by Sweden in 1910 but then sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, then completely abandoned in 1998.

It’s only reachable with by driving 140km with a snowmobile during winter.

 







Clancy's comment: Brrr ... far too cold for me. 

 

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