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Gindenlast Wednesday at 11:09 AM1 replyview on HN

Mining in Arctic is a technical nightmare. Typical alloys become brittle in these temperatures, darkness severely limits operations and/or workplace accidents, transport requires ice-breakers, permafrost is fundamentally unstable (heat from buildings melts it, causing sinking), and you need to pay people a lot to work there.


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ChoGGilast Wednesday at 2:09 PM

I wouldn't be too worried, ICE is collecting the workforce as we speak.

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