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Stuck in the Scorersby Sound area in Eastern Greenland, the Danish name is known as Kap Hope, also known as the abandoned Itteragivit village. Once he hosted hundred inhabitants, the settlement gradually started to be evacuated for decades until he was officially abandoned in 2005.
Today, only a handful structure survives, often brave enough for hunters to cope with the Soreresby Sound, a seasonal cabin or the world’s largest system of fjord. Itterajivit was founded in 1925 as one of the three satellite settlements around the Ittoqqortoormiit – defined as one of the most remote settlements in the world. Despite its isolated and challenging environment, Itteragivit has experienced a remarkable increase in the population in the first few decades. In the 1930s, the community had built a school, a school, including a youth house and entertainment facilities. The population peaked to approximately 112 inhabitants in the 1960s and could be compared or exceeded with the nearby main town.
However, Itteragivit began to witness a gradual decline in the 1970s with withdrawal of insulation, limited economic expectations and centralization policies that support consolidation against larger towns such as ITTOQortoormiit. In 2005, the last nine calm left and the settlement was officially abandoned.
Today, most of the houses have fallen into rot, but some are protected by local Inuit hunters who use them as temporary shelters. Most visitors come with dogs or boats. Accordingly KuşforumA adventurer explained the village: “Only one couple is protected from the two dozen houses.
The village lies in an incredible beautiful environment, which is rapidly supported by a coastal hills and a rapidly equipped coastline in winter. In addition, it is incredibly close to the Skors Sound, which only contributes to the dramatic scale of this abandoned Ordical town.
It is rich with its wild life, including the environment, polar bears, musk ox, Arctic foxes and seals.
Itterajivit excited television teams for many years. Canada took part in the travel series, DepartureFar and less well -known destinations showcase and in the 7th part of the latest BBCs Steve Backshall Discovery When he and his explorer team scrolls the world’s largest fjord.
Travelers can fly to Reykjavik to reach the neartoqqortoormiit nearby and then to the Constable Point (Nerleit Inınaat Airport), then with a helicopter or boat. Travel depends on the weather conditions, especially in winter, when sea ice limits boat access.
Greenland is so north, like most of the rest of the poles, the sun does not go above the horizon for at least 24 hours in the winter months and the night of the sun in the night – even at midnight, the polar night in the sky.
Greenland is officially the largest island in the world without a continent. Greenland, which is home to 56,000 people, has its own local government, but it is an official part of the Danish Kingdom.
