Pyramiden, a Russian settlement in Svalbard (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Pyramiden, a Russian settlement in Svalbard

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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 non-native species tufted hairgrass. 

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Photo: Kristine Bakke Westergaard, NTNU

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