Night Time Tremors
Katrin Streicher
Kiruna, a small city north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, faces an uncertain future: it is in danger of being swallowed by a giant iron ore mine. The city developed over the last century in direct response to iron ore mining. Now the mining is causing the city’s collapse. Iron is extracted via underground explosions that cause the earth to tremor every night.
Each blast results in cracks in the landscape, with the impact moving slowly but steadily towards the city. Yet I encountered people stoically facing their precarious fate. I capture a place where normal life continues on unsteady ground, both literally and figuratively.
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