hundred the world s largest continuous iron ore deposit lies beneath the town had said the pit is karuna the town wouldn t exist without the iron ore every day they always transport it from here to novick by freight train novick is the closest ice free port on the west coast of norway the fact that the town is threatened by the mining activity became evident when cracks appeared in the ground more than ten years ago those responsible decided the whole town would have to be moved away from the dangerous cracks. this man helped design the new kiruna his model. the town is becoming a reality you hunt cons is aware that he s taking homes away from many people but on the alternatives he says they value it for the stall for homes we want to move the whole town two and a half kilometers east in this way there are a variety of reasons for that in this new location would allow us to keep some of