Rusted bits and pieces litter the ground at the abandoned Bluie East Two WWII airstrip

The Abandoned Bluie East Two Airfield in East Greenland

On Day 5 of the 12-day Unplugged Wilderness Trek with Greenland Adventures by Icelandic Mountain Guides, I visited an abandoned WWII airfield code-named Bluie East Two.   

Rusted bits and pieces litter the ground at the abandoned Bluie East Two WWII airstrip
Rusted bits and pieces litter the ground at the abandoned Bluie East Two WWII airstrip

Read more about the history of the site, its current state and its future in my latest blog post at Guide to Greenland: “Exploring Bluie East Two – an Abandoned WWII Air Base in East Greenland“. 

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