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Lake Lama near Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
August 30, 2011 by admin
This summer I met a Moscow independent traveller named Vladimir, who was on his long overland journey from Norilsk to Magadan. He said, “When back home, I’ll send you photographs of Lake Lama located 140 km east off the Taimyr city of Norilsk. It deserves to be at SiberianWonders as it is a wonder itself…” Weeks later I received a bunch of promised pictures…
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March 8, 2011 by admin
Norilsk is a wonder itself located in the midst of Russia’s Arctic tundra. Have you heard about the company “Norilsk Nickel,” the world’s leading producer of nickel and palladium? It’s the company that forms Norilsk City. Now look what conditions its workers live in. Wonder, isn’t it?
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