Another great Arctic news resource is George Lessard, a journalist based in Yellowknife, Canada. He works like a real broadcasting company. He is everywhere on the Internet, on Yahoo!, Google, Flickr, YouTube & many other sites. His main website is MediaMentor.ca. Recommend to follow him on his Twitter channels @Northern_Clips & @mediamentor… It was George, who shared the link to the below personal story.

Sault Ste. Marie resident, Ryan Paquette shares his experiences from the far north.
Downtown Resolute Bay

I am writing from the far reaches of the Canadian North, from a place called Resolute Bay, on Cornwallis Island, in Nunavut.

It is also known by its Inuktitut name, Qausuittuq (pronounced “cow-swee-took”), which means “place with no dawn”. The Inuit name is appropriate because this arctic community, with a population of just over 200, gets over two months of 24-hour darkness in the winter, and an equal amount of 24-hour daylight in the summer. (more…)

Ice mask, C.T. Madigan, between 1911-1914 / photograph by Frank Hurley

 C.T. Madigan, between 1911-1914 /photograph by Frank Hurley

Without fur clothing: The ice is not outside, it is inside !!!!

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That’s what I see on my way home in the evening. In the last Friday evening, Dec. 4, 2009, we had -41ºC and fog and no winds. So the frost was almost dry and burning, and my quickly frozen camera was slow to take pictures. Many unfocused shots were just deleted. See the left pics.

cold in Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia
That’s a X-mas tree on the Ordzhanikidze Sq. No garlands and decorations yet. We are promised to see its finished beauty on Dec. 9, 2009. Hope it will be so. (more…)

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How to Run in Cold Weather

Hehe. These tips are good, but in conditions of our cold we need to put more clothes, I think. However, I saw local marathoneers running in -50C and they didn’t have much layers, almost the same. However, they preferred to wear hat as well :) If I would have a chance, I’ll try to take pictures of those runners.

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Winter – Bull – Yakutia

Winter - Bull -  Yakutia

“Winter Bull”

Lilia Popova

Öl auf Leinwand, 90×100 cm

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… in Himalaya, Spiti, India.

Yoga, Skiing and bathing in Himalaya, Spiti, India.

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Wind and Snow Glasses

Wind and snow glasses

This glasses are made by Nganasan man.
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula by the Arctic Ocean.

 

I have a German friend, Bjorn Steinz. He is a pro photographer based in Prague. Two years ago he visited Yakutsk in November. He spent a few days just walking around on streets and taking pictures of people. Since then I promote his works and website oka2 Photography on every occasion, and I am grateful to him for giving such an permission :)

Here are what he came out with.

Yakutsk in November. By Bjorn Steinz. 2007. Yakutia/Siberia.

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