How do people adapt to life in one of the most polluted cities in the world, in sub-zero temperatures, during extended periods with no daylight?
Photographer Elena Chernyshova recently set out to explore those questions in Norilsk, Russia, a city of more than 170,000 people located above the polar circle
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Russians Adapt to a Freezing, Dark and Polluted Place
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Elena Chernyshova – Days of Night – Nights of Day « burn magazine
Elena Chernyshova – Days of Night – Nights of Day
Elena Chernyshova Days of Night – Nights of Day Norilsk, in northern Russia, is (after Murmansk) the second-largest city within Arctic Circle, with a population of over 177,000. It is also on…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2017/05/elena-chernyshova-days-of-night-nights-of-day/
Norilsk, in northern Russia, is (after Murmansk) the second-largest city within Arctic Circle, with a population of over 177,000. It is also one of the most polluted cities in the world. 2 million tons of gas rejected every year in the atmosphere, 100,000 ha of tundra in the radius of 30 km Is dead, the life expectancy is 10 years less than in other regions of Russia. Rich metal and mineral deposits make the region a nickel, cobalt, platinum and palladium, and Norilsk maintains the biggest metallurgical and mining complex in the world.
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Elena Chernyshova – Days of Night/Nights of Day | LensCulture
Days of Night/Nights of Day – Photographs and text by Elena Chernyshova | LensCulture
Daily life, work and play, in the northernmost city in the world, Norilsk, Russia (also the 7th most polluted city in the world) — a fascinating, detailed photo report with 45 exquisite images
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/elena-chernyshova-days-of-night-nights-of-day
“Days of Night/Nights of Day” is about the daily life of the inhabitants of Norilsk. Norilsk is a mining city, with a population of more than 170,000. It is the northernmost city (100,000+ people) in the world. The average temperature is -10° C and reaches lows of -55° C in the winter. For two months of the year, the city is plunged into polar night when there are zero hours of sunlight.