(Reuters) - Salla, the self-proclaimed coldest town in Finnish Lapland, announced on Tuesday that it will bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics as part of an awareness-building campaign to draw attention to the consequences of global warming.
The small town north of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures of minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit) are not uncommon, declared its candidacy at a news conference, admitting it was a "crazy idea" but with a serious message.
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