For those interested, my winter coveralls are quite warm--it's like walking around in a sleeping bag all the time. They are so warm. Sauna warm. Even in the bitter cold weather. My gloves and boots on the other hand, are a wee bit lacking. Something about steel toes doesn't conduct warmth very well.This is what the rig looked like:
And this is what the surrounding forest/tundra looked like:
The grasses on the ground looked like this:
This is what we looked like in the truck after a couple of days (Aleksey, the engineer got the least amount of sleep of us all):
On the whole, winter here is beautiful, but the sun sets at 4 PM:
And during the day you get pretty pictures of the power lines going to the rig:
Happy Early Mid-November everyone.
9 comments:
Those are some amazingly beautiful pictures of the tundra in winter. I especially like the phone poles one. You have a great artistic eye. Stay warm in your "sleeping bag". Love you.
Ha-ha (via Nelson Muntz). It's cold in Siberia, and that's where you live.
No fun to be so c-c-c-c-cold. Are there better gloves and hats? Good post. Keep 'em coming.
the phrase "frigid beauty" comes to mind. (which also happened to be my nick-name in high school...;) great photos marcus. I know we only met once and i know more about you from the ruts than i do from you yourself, but i'm a sucker for your blogging talents and can't help but publish comments. hope you don't mind...
you are too cool.
personally i don't like anywhere that dips below 280 kelvin.
if it gets too cold just slice open your tauntaun.
Oh my goodness! You look like Old Man Winter like in picture books, complete with icicles hanging off your beard. What a great contrast to the later sauna pics.
this photo is really amazing yet simple
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