Svalbard. Hiking Grumant Part 2.

Hike to the abandoned Russian mining settlement Grumant. April 22nd.

[@NickandRachel]

Beautiful!

[@atleandersen1924]

Howdy. Back in the previous millennium, I worked as a cab driver in Longyearbyen. I had both the pleasure and misfortune of hiking to Grumant in summertime. A very wet, exhausting, but beautiful experience. In hindsight exposing ourselves to to all that freshwater, was a really recless idea, on account of the parasite. You refer to Grumant as a settlement, and in some way that is correct. It would probably be more accurate to call it a forced labour camp or prison. Thanks for the footage, it brought back great memories.

[@ferryzet]

Thank you for the comment! Yeah, considering the terrain it was definitely a prison as the only good thing about it are the sunsets above the icecaps across the fjord. Hike is spectacular though in winter.