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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Isac Melander works at his third season with the big sheer, at a sheep slaughterhouse in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008. Isac cuts front legs of sheep all day long. Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
The slaughterhouse worker gives a sheep an electric shock, and the animal dies immediately, in a slaughterhouse in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008. Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Ida Gardinge puts sheep bodies into the fridge in a slaughterhouse in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008. Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Portrait of slaughterhouse worker Anna Karlstrom with a butcher knife, in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008.
Anna Karlstrom, is 21 years old, from Gotland, Sweden, and when she is fisished working, "Me and Ida G will start in Bangkok and then travel to Indonesia and Cambodia. The money from Island will not last but I have some savings in the bank." Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Portrait of slaughterhouse worker Ida Fredriksson in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008.
Ida Fredriksson is 20 years old, from Ume, Sweden, and when she is finished working, "I will go to Vallensia, Spain to visit my boyfriend and then to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua for two months." Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Portrait of Lukas Bjornskar, with sheep hearts on his hand, in Bloendous, Iceland, on Friday October 17, 2008.
Lukas Bjornskar is 20 years old, from Nykoping, Sweden, and says after he is finished working, "I will go on a Southeast Asia trip. Bali in Indonesia is the final destination where I will go surfing. I have been snowboarding and skateboarding my whole life so I really want to try the waves on Bali. But I have not enough money so After this I will go to Oslo, Norway and work with cod fishing." Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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Iceland Seasonal Slaughterhouse Workers
Portrait of slaughterhouse worker Ida Gardinge hugging a sheep, in Bloendous, Iceland on Friday October 17, 2008.
Ida Gardinge is 21 years old, from Gotland, Sweden, and says when she is finished working, "Me and Anna will travel to Thailand." Every year seasonal workers from all over the world come to Bloendous, in the north part of Iceland, to slaughter 92,000 sheep. This season didn't turn out like it was supposed to. The financial crisis struck Iceland hard and the national currency fell. People who dreamed about taking distant journeys, had their hopes shattered overnight. **SWEDEN OUT** (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)
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