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Wednesday, February 03, 2016

The town where people endure -50C

The iustrial Russian city of Norilsk, sitting on the permafrost above the Arctic Circle, is the seventh most polluted city in the world. Rich deposits of nickel, copper and palladium provide mining and smelting industries that create jobs and continue to draw people from other regions of Russia - despite the harsh conditions that can see the temperature drop to -50C.
Elena Chernyshova's stark and beautiful photographs of life in the city are featuring in a new exhibition, "Days of Night - Nights of Day" at the Half King in New York City.
The photographer spoke to Dan Damon. (BBC News)


Norilsk, a city of 201,000, topped the list of the 56 most polluted Russian cities with 1.924 million tons of pollutants last year, down from 1.958 million tons in 2009.
Norilsk has led the list every year since the statistics service began the rating in 1992. The city, home to metallurgical giant Norilsk Nickel, gets its severe pollution mainly from nickel smelting operations, which cause acid rain and smog.


The most polluted Russian cities in 2010:
1.Norilsk
2.Cherepovets
3.Novokuznetsk
4.Lipetsk
5.Magnitogorsk
6.Angarsk
7.Omsk
8.Krasnoyarsk
9.Ufa
10.Chelyabinsk
16.Moscow
20.St.Petersburg
54.Kyzyl
55.Vladimir
56.Stavropol
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/city-of-norilsk-still-tops-pollution-list/439413.html

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