You can find the northernmost iteration of many things in Longyearbyen, the 3000-strong Norwegian settlement on Svalbard just 1000 kilometres from the North Pole. That's true for its supermarket, ...

A PHOTOGRAPHER has captured a these spooky snaps of a Soviet-era ghost town which really is frozen in time. Abandoned in 1998, the town of Pyramiden still features eerie elements left behind by the ...

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

PYRAMIDEN (NORWAY) - With its bust of Lenin, cultural centre and KGB offices, the abandoned Soviet outpost of Pyramiden may seem like a time-warped Arctic oddity but is valued by Moscow as it vies for ...

Pyramiden is situated at 79°N, some 50 kilometers north of Longyearbyen. It was once the world’s northernmost town. Coal mining ended in the late 90ties and the settlement was abandoned. (Thomas ...

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 ...

With Stalinist architecture, a prominent bust of Lenin and posters extolling the motherland, the desolate mining town of Pyramiden is one of the last Soviet outposts in the Arctic. The journey to ...

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.