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Why 55,000 People Live on a Rock in a Frozen Ocean

And they've built something incredible!

If you trace the 62nd parallel north across the globe, you’ll hit some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. In Canada, you’re in the freezing tundra of the Northwest Territories. In Russia, you’re deep in the icy expanses of Siberia. But right in the middle of the North Atlantic, at that exact latitude, sits the Faroe Islands—a place surrounded by …

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