The city covered with snow, Norilsk.

 

Please wait images are loading .....             Norilsk  is a major city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located between the Yenisey river and the Taymyr Peninsula. It was granted city status in 1953. Norilsk, Yakutsk and Vorkuta are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone. Norilsk is also the northernmost city on the planet to have a population over 100,000. Population: 134,832  174,673. MMC Norilsk Nickel, a mining company, is the principal employer in the Norilsk area. The city is served by Norilsk Alykel Airport and Norilsk Valek Airfield. Due to the intense mining, the city is one of the ten most polluted cities in the world. Temperatures sometimes dropping to 45 degree below zero Fahrenheit. Because it is above the Arctic Circle there are months in the winter in which the sun is not seen. It is a difficult place to build anything or maintain industrial operations. The situation makes even more impressive the 16th century development of Mangazeya, which even farther north than Norilsk.