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The Times of India
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This abandoned Soviet ghost town sits frozen at the edge of the Arctic

An abandoned town, largely unchanged from decades ago, sits at the far northern edge of Svalbard, beyond reliable phone signal or internet access. Pyramiden lies deep inside the High Arctic, once a working mining settlement and now a destination for a small stream of visitors. It is no longer a place of industry, nor a community in the usual sense. Instead, it exists somewhere between preservation and decay. The buildings remain standing, the streets intact, but daily life ended long ago. What draws people here is not comfort or convenience, but contrast. Pyramiden reflects an earlier political and industrial era, set within one of the most

Inside Pyramiden: A frozen Soviet ghost town on the edge of the Arctic

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