POLARQUEST 2018

August 23, 2018 - Exploring an abandoned Russian town

The team will soon be returning to Longyearbyen

Nanuq docked at Pyramiden today, a Russian settlement and former coal-mining town on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Since coal-mining activities ceased in 1998, its has remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place.

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