The documentary is from Yukon Arctic Ultra on Vimeo.

Wow! The Yukon Arctic Ultra Race looks really cool! Hey, I would love to participate in it and try my guts, but not in Canada. In Siberia, definitely! Especially in my lovely Yakutia!

What is the Yukon Arctic Ultra? Read the race info… (more…)

Dive among Antarctica icebergs. By SilverTip.

Dive among Antarctica icebergs. By SilverTip.

With a big pleasure, I am supporting Eric Larsen’s #IcePhoto Wednesday on Twitter. Today is Wednesday. So, here we go!

Today I am presenting images from Silvertip Expedition & Diving Management‘s 2011 March trips to Antarctica with Oceanwide Expeditions.

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In the village of Røldal, Norway. By Pelle Gangeskar.

The Seimchan road in Magadan Oblast, Russia. By Ilya Kovyakin.

That’s really great to have friends around the world! :) Just a few minutes ago two fellows – Ilya Kovyakin from the Russian city of Magadan and Pelle Gangeskar from the Norwegian village of Røldal – simultaneously shared mobile photographs taken on snow-covered roads today, October 23rd, 2010.

Let’s play the game. Just guess where the above pictures were taken. Any ideas? Okey, see answers further.

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Powderwhore Productions is back… with their 6th telemark ski movie “TeleVision”!

More Powderwhore’s vids on YouTube.

His name is Andrei. He is the director of sports center in the settlement of Tomtor in the valley of Oymyakon. In winter with its usual extremely cold weather, he likes running from home to his work place in the early morning and… swimming in the Kujdusun brook, that gets never frozen even under -50 degrees Centigrade.

Via Hannes Rada

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Yeah, I love beer, but it wasn’t the reason of republishing this video. That’s awesome snowy, cold, wild landscapes of Canada!

Ski-zeilen / Ski-sailing

Nationaal Archief / Het Leven / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022003048

‘Ski-sailing’, a new sport invented in Austria, demonstrated in St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 1938.

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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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SusanInCanada, just watch the cool video Jordi found on YouTube. That’s from your area! British Columbia! So much snow! Amazing!

A cool video. Almost 550 cm. This November. The measurement is made at the station of Pig Alley, at a height of 1650 meters above sea level.

Via AmazingSnow.Wordpress.org.

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Harnessing the dogs

Harnessing the dogs

A musher is harnessing his sled dogs.

Yukon Quest       Alaska

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