Friday, December 16, 2011

Living Above The Tree Line



Population: 28,639 inhabitants
Latitude: 67°32'N

Kirovsk is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Massif on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, 175 kilometers (109 mi) south of Murmansk. The city is the center of a mining complex that produces apatite and nephelite, raw materials for the superphosphate and aluminum industries. The northernmost botanical garden in Russia is located in Kirovsk.


http://www.theworldgeography.com/2011/12/10-largest-cities-within-arctic-circle.html

4 comments:

Belle said...

Hmm, a mining town, lots of ice and snow and a communist government. I'm not crazy about visiting.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...
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Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

It would be a drunk lesbian free for all. How could you not be into that. Those are MINING lesbians too. What?