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Old 11-22-2021, 05:32 PM   #8 (permalink)
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GAZPROM refrigerating Siberian tundra to save wells and pipes

Was looking at a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC from 2017. The Nenets tribespeople of Russia's Siberian, Yamal peninsula, natural gas producing region, experienced record heat that year, killing 61,000 reindeer.
GAZPROM was forced to introduce mechanical refrigeration around their wellheads, refineries, and pipelines, in order to stabilize the infrastructure against damage.
Frozen, dead reindeer, which perished from a 1940s anthrax outbreak, were exposed as the permafrost melted, ending in the death of a child and 2,300 reindeer.
It will be interesting to see how parents navigate explaining to their children, why Rudolf the Red-Nosed reindeer starved to death, Santa's Workshop fell into the Arctic Ocean, drowning Santa, Mrs. Claus, all the Elves, the sleigh, and all of Santa's other reindeer.
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