Cemetery, abandoned town of Quillissat, Greenland

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A lonesome cemetery at the once-thiving but long-abandoned 1920 coal mining town of Qullissat on Greenland's Disko Island records the passing of many of the community's 1500 residents. Several sites reveal the simultaneous deaths of entire families, suggesting the inherent risks of living and working in the Arctic hinterlands, Greenland.

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Size: 5131px × 3421px
Location: Greenland Arctic
Photo credit: © Jan Butchofsky / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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