24/12/2025
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐!
๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ โ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ
This December, we're doing something a little different.
From now until Christmas, weโll post a ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ video of an actual mine from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Greenland, and beyond. The images span nearly ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, from 1984 to the present day. https://gosselinmining.com/insights/
Your mission?
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ (or at least the country and main commodity).
The next day, weโll reveal the answer.
โ The ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง of the mine
โ The ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ it produces
โ A brief overview of its role in the ๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
You don't need to be a mining engineer to play. Educated guesses are welcome! This is a chance to learn more about ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ.
Today, we open ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. Watch the clip below, then tell us in the comments:
Which mine is this?
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ?
Imagery: Google Earth Timelapse (Google, Landsat, Copernicus), CC BY 4.0