There's something undeniably creepy about old abandoned places of historic importance. Maybe its decades of horror movies and ghost stories, but it always feels like these places are haunted.
And in terms of historical creepiness, it doesn't get much more pregnant with spookery than forgotten military sites.
And this airstrip in Greenland explored by Imgur user CanadaSpeedoMan (I feel like I've learned so much about him just from that moniker) is one of those old-school creep-spots that just gives you the heebie jeebies.
Here's how he describes the experience:
Source: imgurJust last week my wife and I had the opportunity to take part in a backcountry expedition to South East Greenland Source: imgurAfter days and miles and miles of trekking through the fjords, we arrived at the site of "Bluie East Two". It was EXTREMELY remote and pretty eerie to find that far away from civilization. Source: imgurThis site was used to refuel planes traveling from the USA to Europe during the war Source: imgurThe site could only be accessed by boat during several months of the year. Otherwise, it was completely inaccessible because of the sea ice Source: imgurSource: imgurSource: imgurSource: imgurthousands upon thousands of barrels for fuel were left. Some still with fuel inside Source: imgur
When they abandoned the air strip, it appears everything was left as is.
Source: imgur"Dog Tax (No cats in South East Greenland) This is Nanuq who joined us on the expedition. In Greenlandic, his name means "Polar Bear" Some info about the site that I found after arriving back home. looks we will be the last to see it as-is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluie_East_Two "Reports and photographs show Ikateq with considerable rusted fuel drums, vehicles, and ruins. The need for a clean-up has been an occasional political issue - resolved (at least financially) by an agreement mid 2017 between the Danish and Greenland governments. The clean-up is planned to start in 2018."
