My photo in the Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change

My photo in the Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change

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!” (more…)

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The Winter Road Documentary Poster

This is the trailer of Nikolay Evstifeev’s documentary “THE WINTER ROAD. The Land of Fierce…” about the sever work in Siberia’s Yakutia. Here you can see how hard ordinary people’s work can be in the hardest part of Siberia. The documentary won The Best Directing Award at The 17th Saint Anna Film Festival and The Best Cinematography Award at The 29th VGIK Film Festival. Btw, Anton Safronov was a camera man.

The documentary is about Yakutia, the sever land of truckers, gold miners, hunters, and oil industry workers. Extreme conditions are revealed in every capture. Survival at minus 50 degrees Celsius, the road on the frozen river, people’s attitude to nature, wild life… and PEOPLE without false manners and any compromises.

“This movie is very sincere! This is a real big documentary!” said Michael Porechenkov, the chairman of the 29th VGIK Film Festival jury, a famous Russian actor. (more…)

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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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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…)

Wolrd Ice Art Championship 2010 in Alaska

I wish I would be there : ))
See videos further. (more…)

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-46C. Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia. Jan. 14, 2010. 11:03.

-46C. Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia. Jan. 14, 2010. 11:03.

A view from my window. That’s what we have currently outdoor in Yakutsk. Pretty cold. -46C. Happy Valentine’s Day :)

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Demonstration in Berlin

Demonstrated in late January, hundreds of snowmen at -10 ° C on the Schlossplatz in Berlin for more commitment to combating climate change. They were accompanied by some Flickr members who held what is happening in the picture.

Schneemann-Demo

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Yes, we did it. We were in Yakutia’s valley of Oymyakon. Our first morning in the coldest place in Siberia. It was -52C. Pretty good, indeed :) and felt really good. Watch the video and see what cold air we were breating.

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Strange. It was -52C, but we felt really cold. We couldn’t stay outside more than 15 minutes. But when we registered -57.1C in Tomtor on the day of our depature for Yakutsk, it was bearable. We were even surprised at such a low temp at that moment. (more…)

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