Shale soils are fine-textured and tend to be acidic and low in nutrients â with largeadditions offertilizer, they are farmed. On mountainsides theyoften support mixed forests.Much of the land overlying shale deposits has been ruinedby strip mining, because shale contains Pennsylvaniaâs rich coalbeds.
Fortitude is a fictional community located on Svalbard in Arctic Norway. It is described as an international community, with inhabitants from many parts of the world (Population 800 inhabitants and 4 police officers). The series was filmed in both the UK and in ReyÃ°arfjoerÃ°ur, ReyÃ°arfjÃ¶rÃ°ur. iceland
Also filmed on Malta are Ridley Scottâs Gladiator and Alan Parkerâs Midnight Express. Troy was filmed on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean and in Mexico, after a terrorist bomb attack in Casablanca deterred the production company from the first choice, which had been Morocco.