Wanted: 100,000 pioneers for a green jobs Klondike in the Arctic
by Richard Orange in Skellefteå, Sweden from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S3EG)
Europe's newest industrial megaprojects are relocating to the far north of Sweden. But are curling, wild reindeer and the northern lights enough to convince workers to follow?
One by one, the 20 engineers and technicians step up to receive their equipment before the briefing. They have come to the far north of Sweden from as far away as Mexico, the US, Saudi Arabia, China, Germany and Russia.
Welcome!" bellows Hakan Palsson, their instructor. We're here to show you how to do curling, and then you're going to go out on the ice and show us."
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