Travel details
Activities |
Morning |
Evening |
LKAB iron mine |
trying to photograph the midnight sun |
Accommodation |
Hotell Vinterpalatset, Järnvägsgatan 18, Kiruna, 981 34. |
WAITING FOR THE TOUR-BUS

10:58 statue in Kiruna

10:58 Statue in Kiruna
LKAB IRON MINE

11:10 going past railway sidings near the mine

11:10 on the coach approaching the mine

11:12 It was a good day to not be outside.

11:15 explaining a big bridge

11:28 It’s a big tractor

12:21 It’s a big, long tractor.

12:33 It’s a big, long graffitied tractor.

11:41 explosive injector

11:38 drilling head

11:47 A big metal box

11:46 The mine will be expanded, so a lot of the town needs to move.

11:38 How holes for explosives are drilled.

12:09 overview of mine

12:09 transporting the ore

11:18 What you don’t want to happen

12:13 How to have a bad day at work.

12:11 Important dates in the history of the Ore Line

12:10 about the Nordal Bridge

12:23 about Kiruna mountain

12:23 How the mountain used to look.

12:26 drilling

12:26 Old-style drilling

12:26 old-style drill

12:29 Modern drilling

12:32 Modern drilling

12:34 after the explosion

12:36 dad in helmet

12:37 Moving the ore.

13:16 About the mountain

13:16 How the mountain used to look

13:18 About a model of the mountain

13:18 A model of the mountain

13:21 about the ore

13:19 Much of the mountain is ore

13:21 3-D model of the mine

13:22 3-D model of the mine

13:22 How they used to mine

13:23 About a rescue sled

13:23 Rescue sled

13:23 About the ‘strike clock’

13:23 the ‘strike clock’

13:27 A ptarmigan, the origin of Kiruna’s name

13:38 what mining has done to the mountain
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Kiruna tourist office: models of Kiruna and more about the mine
A bird’s-eye view of Kiruna and environs – with giants!

14:09 The red area shows how the mine will be expanded – and so why the town will be moved.

13:16 view from the other side

14:10 Close-up of the area to be moved

14:06 a giant in the background

14:09 close-up of the mined mountain

13:15 how the mine works

13:12 How the mine works (close-up)

14:09 How the mine works (detailed close-up)

14:09 How the mine works (detailed close-up)

13:15 What will happen to the town

14:07 what the mine produces

14:07 demand for the mine’s products

14:09 ‘attractive homes’
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We almost caught the midnight sun

14:52 walking through Kiruna – view of the mined mountain

14:54 view of the mined mountain
23:56 ‘almost midnight, almost sun’

23:57 The lonely photographer

23:58 The sun’s (maybe) coming out.

23:59 Almost!

24:00 but not quite

24:00 Our hotel

24:01 The sun is there somewhere.

24:03 The lonely photographer gets nearer.

24:04 more evidence of the sun

23:05 Not that it was cold!

23:10 Two photographers
On the swings!

24:51 More hints of sun

24:53 1am but light as day

24:55 Looking around – more evidence of sun

24:59 The other photographer

The two photographers again

23:59 final hint of sun
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