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The remains of the stove
A rusted cast iron stove and stove pipe lie inside a disintegrating abandoned old cabin on the shores of Danmark Ø overlooking Fonjord, Scorseby Sund, East Greenland. It is probably still capable of generating a little heat, but the only source of fuel in this treeless landscape is the cabin itself :-(
Re questions about fuel sources, in treeless landscapes you can burn fish, seal or whale oil, coal or peat (and also dried dung, but no large herds of herbivores here)
cast iron stoveabandonedstove pipeweathered woodrustedremote locationFonfjordScoresby SundEast Greenland
Terry Allen
on July 28, 2020Many thanks everyone for the nice comments!
TruImages
on July 28, 2020Cool find!
geoghanart
on July 28, 2020Neat capture. Looks like something that would make a great sculpture art piece the way you composed it.
Howard's Photography
on July 27, 2020Great capture! Not much left, for sure! Interesting info about the fuel source!
Greg&Rose Photography
on July 27, 2020Once useful, nice shot
Gene Hyder
on July 27, 2020Super shot.
Pascale GUY
on July 27, 2020Great shot ! The old wood and rust metal match very well !
Lgood
on July 27, 2020Ditto what Judith said. I always wonder about the inhabitants and their lives within those walls. This is a poignant scene that it is all that remains of their lives there. Nice find. Great shot!
Judith Sparhawk
on July 27, 2020Seeing abandoned places like this always spark my imagination, wondering about the people who lived here at one time, and how or why that existence came to an end. When did the last person leave for the last time, did he look back and regret, or remember old times....of course if this was just a whaling cabin, not a habitation, it may have just gone by the wayside with changes in the whaling industry. Don't mind me, I can get carried away with my wonderings and imagination, but that just shows how important or evocative any one photograph can be!
Kevin Poynor
on July 27, 2020If you can get the stove back together there's plenty of firewood. Nice composition.