Tag: Svalbard Archipelago
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A Ghost Town in the Arctic Circle
Pyramiden is a ghost town in the Svalbard Archipelago. The nearest small town is Longyearbyen, approximately 31 miles to the south. Pyramiden was a place founded by Sweden in 1910 to house coal miners. In 1927, Sweden sold the land to the Soviet Union. After World War II, the Soviet Union started developing the town.…