The Abandoned Pool

Pyramiden, Svalbard

Once the pride of this Arctic outpost, the pool now lies drained and forgotten, its tiled silence stretching beneath the heavy Soviet rafters. Faint light filters through frosted windows, illuminating lanes where laughter once echoed. The only sound now is the creak of old pipes and the distant hum of wind. It’s a monument to vanished dreams—where utopia once swam laps beneath a painted ceiling of ideology and isolation.