Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova spent several weeks in the city for her photography project: Days Of Night - Nights Of Day. This documentary project aims to study human adaptation to extreme climate, environmental disaster and isolation. The living conditions of the inhabitants of Norilsk are unique, which makes them an incomparable subject of such research.
1. Norilsk is one of the northernmost cities in the world with a population of over 150 thousand people
2. The average temperature is -10 ° C, and in winter it reaches -55 ° C
3. Norilsk has no ground communication with the rest of the world, which residents call the "mainland"
4. Every year for two months the city plunges into the polar night
5. Norilsk produces almost half of the world's palladium, so it ranks 7th in the list of the most polluted cities in the world
6. A pipe burst at the entrance of this house, and the water froze like ice stalactites, as if in an underground cave
7. About 100 thousand hectares of land were burned within a radius of 30 km. Because of the ecology, nothing grows there
8. Children can play outside only at certain temperatures and wind strength
9. Typical residential building in Norilsk
10. Houses were built very close to each other to create at least some protection from the wind
11. In winter, even a small trip can turn into a whole expedition
12. Such a bus convoy is needed so that people can evacuate to the next bus, if the previous one breaks down
13. The average winter temperature is -30 ° C, and snowstorms last about 130 days a year
14. Despite the difficult living conditions, the birth rate here is higher than in any other region of Russia
