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Cladhach Ifrinn/Hell's Miners of Potosi

Episode 18 of 35

At an altitude of 4,700 metres, Bolivian miners are disappearing every day into the depths of the Potosi mountain.

Aig 4,700 meatair de dh' àirde, tha mèinnearan à Bolibhia a' dol à sealladh am broinn beanntan Potosi a h-uile là. Air am puinseanachadh leis an dust, air an sàrachadh le cion-ocsaidean agus iad ann an cunnart leigeil roimhe, tha iad a' cladhadh na creige gu dìcheallach ann an àrainneachd a tha gam mùchadh.

At an altitude of 4,700 metres, Bolivian miners are disappearing every day into the depths of the Potosi mountain. Poisoned by the dust, exhausted by hypoxia, and threatened by collapsing, they tirelessly dig the rock, in a suffocating atmosphere.

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