The race to host the 2032 summer Olympics looks set to be one of the most fiercely contested in history. So when the Lapland town of Salla announced its intention to vie with Jakarta, Istanbul and SeoulรขโฌโPyongyang, it was competing against the odds. But the รขโฌลcoldest town in the worldรขโฌย had a secret weapon up its sleeve.
รขโฌลIรขโฌโขve never felt warmth before, but Iรขโฌโขm sure itรขโฌโขs coming,รขโฌย said one residentรย in a promotional videoรย released this week to launch the candidacy. รขโฌลIn 12 years the ice will be gone and this will be a perfect lake,รขโฌย said another. รขโฌลI canรขโฌโขt wait for the snow to melt,รขโฌย said a third, wielding a surfboard. While other cities might have the infrastructure, Salla has the climate crisis.
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