An eerie silence descends on this abandoned mining settlement in the Arctic, interspersed with furious winds emitting high-pitched fatuous noises as they whip past empty buildings. A large bust of ...

With Stalinist architecture, a prominent bust of Lenin and posters extolling the motherland, the desolate mining town of Pyramiden is one of the last Soviet outposts in the Arctic. The journey to ...

On the remote archipelago of Svalbard, a decaying settlement offers visitors an intimate look at the not-so-distant past. The dusty entrance to the chemical plant at Pyramiden, an abandoned settlement ...

This outpost in the high north looks much as it did when it was abandoned in 1998, providing visitors with a glimpse into Soviet-era life and culture Rachel Nuwer People say that the Soviet town of ...

People say that the Soviet town of Pyramiden was abandoned overnight. In reality, however, the desertion occurred over a period of months. But a visitor arriving in Pyramiden in the fall of 1998 would ...