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Norilsk Nickel workers endure Arctic life for steady pay
In Norilsk, Russia, the world’s largest nickel mine complex sustains 230,000 residents with on time wages amid brutal winters and isolation. 86,000 workers endure 24 hour smelting cycles, grime and smoke as they dream of leaving a city built by a Stalin era camp and supported by heavy government subsidies.
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Orilsk
Russia
Norilsk Nickel
Arctic Circle
Alexander Buruzhin
Norilsk
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Sasha Bodanin
Galina Yeremeeva
Greenpeace
Vladimir Potanin
Buruzhin
Irina Baldovska