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    The Soviet Ghost Town at the End of the Earth

    And it's actually in Norway. The cold has preserved everything. Quite a counterpoint to Pripyat, though its had less time to fall apart.

    The ghost town at the end of the earth
    http://news.yahoo.com/photos/the-ghost-town-at-the-end-of-the-earth-1386353318-slideshow/?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons
    This old mining outpost, called Pyramid (Pyramiden) and abandoned in 1998, is on the Arctic Ocean island of Spitsbergen. An anomaly, it is a deserted Soviet town that is in fact in Norway, just 1300 km from the North Pole. The facility was founded in 1910 by Sweden and sold to the USSR in 1927. And no, it is not in Siberia, but we liked the Arctic pictures and ice-scapes which highlight a spirit of conquering the cold which is a Siberian quality; indeed among the people who came to work here were many from Siberia.

    'Welcome to the very end of the earth,' said Vladimir Prokofiev, whose amazing images capture a lost Soviet world which is now becoming a tourist attraction for intrepid travellers to this remote outpost. He took the images when he worked here as a guide for the mainly Western tourists in spring. (The Siberian Times)

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    Road trip?

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    • #3
      Paintball party!
      "Any dog under 50lbs is a cat and cats are pointless." - Ron Swanson

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jdgregory84 View Post
        Paintball party!
        This.
        Originally posted by Theodore Roosevelt
        It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming...

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        • #5
          There's at least one resident. And he plays the Big-Ass Guitar!

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          • #6
            Hey Craig, just look at that midcentury sign!
            When the government pays, the government controls.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by 46Tbird View Post
              Hey Craig, just look at that midcentury sign!

              lmfao!

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              • #8
                Reminds me of that ghost town in Canada that guy bought (I think it was posted here before)
                "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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