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  • Postcards of a beautiful Iceland in the only supermarket on the highland camp where the workers of the Karahnjukar dam live.
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  • The construction of Karahnjukar is one of the most ambitious project ever being made in Iceland. The dam is one of the largest in the world.
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  • Over 5.000 workers from around the world were employed in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam in Iceland and a temporary camp was built for this community.
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  • Items for sale in the workers highland camp in one of the two shops serving 1.500 workers.
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  • Most workers unless with families live only in a room in the highland camp. Normally these were subdivided by various contractors.
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  • A woman sits in a coffee shop situated in a remote area on the north-east part of Iceland. The coffee shop was temporarily opened to cater the workers building a dam.
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  • At one point the highland camp had 1.500 workers, skilled and unskilled from everywhere in the world. Workers watching a football match in the social club.
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  • The highland camp with its 1.500 workers became the fifth largest city in Iceland. The camp is like an autonomous space where everything runs for its workers. This is the laundry operation for the workers.
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  • Some workers that have a long term contract brought with them their families, which were to stay at the highland camps.
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  • Patrizia, from Italy. She works as a bar attendant in the Impregilo camp's club. The Italian company, Impregilo, is one of the main companies contracted for the construction of the dam. Controversially, it is also among the most criticised in the way it handles the workers rights.
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  • Some workers have their families living with them. These are generally those that were on long contract.
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  • A wroker in the longest tunnel for the construction of Karahnjukar dam. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • Workers coming out from one of the tunnels in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • One worker going back to his room after his work shift. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Some workers that have a long term contract brought with them their families, which were to stay at the highland camps.
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  • Commissioned by Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland,  to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
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  • Workers live in the highland camps under the largest European glacier Vatnjokul. Some workers with long contracts took the family to live with them.
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  • Workers in the early morning hours ending their night shift in one of the tunnels. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • One of the largest group of workers come from China, hence buses going to the tunnel and back have the writing in chinese. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Worker ending his night shift on his way to the highland camp where he lives with other 1.500 workers from everywhere in the world. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • A commission from the National Power Company in Iceland, Landsvirkjun to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
    LANDSVIRKJUN (National Power Company..and)
  • Commissioned by Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland,  to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
    LANDSVIRKJUN (National Power Company..and)
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  • After a night shift in the main tunnel, workers are picked up by bus taking them to their lodgings in the camp.
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  • Elisabetta from Italy is among the few that has decided to live in the highland whilst her husband works in the construction of the dam. Families have larger accommodation.
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  • Gaetano Viscardi, an Italian worker in his accommodation. This is a bed, a wardrobe and no much else.
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  • The only coffee shop in the highland camp where 1.500 migrant workers live. The camp is adjacent to the largest glacier in Europe.
    Karahnjukar Iceland
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