On screen text: Norilsk, Russia. Pop. 177,000. 200 Miles above the Arctic Circle in Siberia. Interview with IRA There are no roads to Norilsk. We are in the far beyond. It’s deadly beautiful. Interview with ARTIEM: 01.04 - 03.00 This is one of my favorite places. It opens up to a very beautiful view. I love that on one hand, if you look far enough, there are the untouched snowy steppes, and if you turn around there is a powerful contrast. The large industrial complex, a city in a snowy desert. It’s awe-inspiring that all of this was created by the hands of men. Somehow, it touches me. Interview with IRA: 03.15 - 04.00 Despite the brutality, factories, pipes, smoke, when there is no sun in winter, this is all so beautiful. For us, this is a very native landscape. I don’t know how to explain it but I want to photograph everything straight away. Interview with SASHA: 02.52 I don’t like gas because it stinks, and it’s harmful. I start to cough, my head spins, and my stomach hurts. I with I could live somewhere else. Mine announcement - 04.01 On this positive note, we bid you farewell. May your life be filled with much good news. Take care and hope to see you again! Interview with KONSTANTIN, HEAD DOCTOR: 04.55 - 04.18 When clouds carry sulphur , acid rain is created. Its effect on plants is damaging and the dead trees clearly show the consequences of these emissions. However, these emissions have a significantly lesser effect on the health of humans because sulphur dioxide does not have an effect on the human body. Breathing in the gases may provoke a cough. Card 2 [Act Clever] Interview with KOSTYA: 05.24 I like plants because they make lots of oxygen. I wish I could have lots of plants. The trees used to be beautiful, but they became old. And there is less oxygen. Interview with VITALII: 06.25 In this city, plants are essential to me. I feel much better with them living here in Norilsk. And the worms turn the bad earth into good earth. It’s impossible to live long here. Considering the effects of the gas and factory waste, how could it be otherwise. Interview with VITALII: 07.11 Norilsk Nickel feels like it owns the whole territory here so [people] are afraid to speak out against it. Card 03 07.25 [Norilsk Nickel] Card 04 - 07.34 [Norilsk Nickel] Vitalii cont - 07.40 We all know about it here, but nothing changes, no one protests. Interview with ARTIEM: 08.11 On the way to work, you look out of the bus window... What a darkness. It reminds me of cosmic moments. It’s beautiful and it’s... Eternal. This is where I like to be. Interview with OLEG: 09.48 I’m proud of having taken part in building this city, [although] people, roughly speaking, are sacrificing their health. This environment, this climate Minus 45 degrees Celsius, minus 50 degrees, we swim here. I love this city.