Pyramiden is an abandoned Russian mining town located on a remote island in the Arctic. Thanks to its extreme climate, the town looks eerily similar to how it did when it closed in 1998. Pyramiden now ...

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 ...

Photographer Jan Erik Waider has captured the eerily empty town of Pyramiden in the Svalbard archipelago, which is now mostly home to polar bears. His misty images focus on the deserted buildings and ...

A naturally gifted snowboarder who racked up numerous titles, Finland's Eero Ettala has starred in several high-profile films and documentaries. Pyramiden, Svalbard: A unique combination of history, ...

The Soviet flag has replaced the Norwegian at top in the coal loading crane at the harbor in Pyramiden. Russia’s tricolor is still there to the right, however less visible than the U.S.S.R. flag.

Pyramiden, a town in the Arctic Circle that has stood empty of humans since 1998, is a living museum to Soviet life. Visit today and you will find cups left on the table, skiing equipment abandoned in ...

Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian coal-mining community, is a frozen-in-time testimony to Soviet-era culture and one of the world's northernmost communities. Located on a secluded island in the Svalbard ...

Bishop Iyakov of Naryan-Mar and Mezen proclaimed Pyramiden to be Russian as he blessed the ghost town with holy water. The Russian Orthodox cross erected on August 5 is decorated with St. Georg’s ...

Pyramiden is an abandoned Soviet-era coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It has become a tourist destination in recent years. The tussocks in the foreground are the ...

It was almost like a scene out of a movie as a man dropped everything and jumped onto a snowmobile to escape a charging polar bear in Norway. Dramatic video footage captured by Rebecca Baack, who was ...

The islands of Svalbard sit deep in the Arctic circle, far above Norway. On one island there sits a rusting, empty town, long forgotten by its residents and battered by extreme weather. Named ...

Follow Eero Ettala, Torgeir Bergrem and Sam Taxwood in their search for handrails and polar bears. Pyramiden, Svalbard: A unique combination of history, scenery, adventure and jib-friendly terrain.