Murmansk ( 120 kilometers away ) had access to White Sea - Baltic Canal .
When the Germans arrived , Murmansk had not yet been developed and Gulag forced labor was still present constructing Soviet facilities .
Murmansk ( 120 kilometers away ) had access to White Sea - Baltic Canal , but when the Germans arrived , Murmansk had not yet been developed and Gulag forced labor was still present constructing Soviet facilities .