David Broome

Contest: Business and science
Note: Зимний стадион (Winter Ball-Park), Ни́кель (Nikel), Му́рманская о́бласть (Murmanskaya Oblast), Россия (Russia)
Locate: Nikel, Murmanskaya Oblast
City: Murmansk
Comment: The Russian Arctic is dotted with numerous urban settlements, established for primary resource extraction during the Soviet Industrialization of the 20th century. The economy of Nikel, focuses largely on smelting of metal ores. As a consequence, pollution, and other environmental stress factors, produces a life expectancy of just over 50 years.