Visit the Pym-va-Shor thermal springs, located beyond the Arctic Circle in the Far North of Russia

The thermal springs of Pym-va-Shor are located in the vast basin of the Adzwa River on the border of the Republic of Komi and the Nenets Autonomous Region. It’s a huge open-air healing bath. The Pym-va-Shor is the only hot spring in the Far North beyond the Arctic Circle, including Europe. Scientists attribute this miracle to nature by the presence of an underground volcanic hearth that emerged several million years ago, at the end of the tertiary period, and has been slowly cooling since.

These springs are located 140 kilometers west of the city of Vorkuta. An impromptu bath is organized at the source, the water temperature is 18-28 degrees. The water is considered medicinal: for a long time, reindeer herders have used it to treat skin diseases, skin diseases, lung and stomach diseases.

In the rocky limestone outcrop there is a karst cave, previously used by the Nenets nomads as a sacrificial site – the ancient Samoyed temple of Khemyat-Peen-Zi, an archaeological site of the late Paleolithic age.