Cold United

My photo of women waiting for a bus in Yakutsk in winter was published in “The Encyclopedia of Weather & Climate Change. A Complete Visual Guide.” Can you believe it? Aaaah. I don’t. This is like a dream.

Funny, but a year ago, when I received Mr. Lachlan McLaine’s message titled “Image query”, I didn’t pay much attention to it. Actually, I did, but I couldn’t realize how big the project Mr. McLaine mentioned was, though he wrote that he was currently working as a project editor on a book titled “The Encyclopedia of Weather”. He said, “It’s a big project with an emphasis on good informative photos and illustrations.”

At that moment, his words didn’t mean anything special to me. I was just an ordinary Siberian guy, who was voluntarily developing YakutiaToday.com, the website dedicated to my lovely Siberian region called the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). And here I received the message saying “The picture wanted.”

First, I was just happy at the fact that my old picture posted on the mentioned web resource deserved any attention. Second, I said, “Why not? Take it, but, please, give the link to my site.” Third, I asked Mr. McLaine, “Is it possible to get one copy?” My intention was simple, I wanted to practice my English. My weather terminology is still weak, you know.

One year passed, and here we are. See further what was the final result. I am so happy. I am ready to repeat “Thank you, Mr. McLaine!” as many as possible. This post is one of my ways of saying “Thank!”

Most of all, I am proud that Yakutsk, my town, was mentioned in the section “Earth’s Coldest Places.” It is in the list together with Antarctica and Greenland! The latter I see only in books as well as on channels like Discovery and National Geographic.

Here’s another page that knocked me down. My name is the first in the line, before such weather photo archive powerhouses like NASA, European Space Agency, Bureau of Meteorology, and etc., and etc. Fantastic! This is a real honor for me.

Mr. McLaine, I thank you so much for giving such a rare opportunity and huge promotion. Just trying to imagine, what those guys of NASA & ESA would say, “Who the hell is that Bolot?” Just a guy in Siberia’s Yakutia, who loves taking pictures of cold!

On the other hand, I am very glad that my region promotion was done in such an extraordinary, free way! Awesome!

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