Aastaaegade kohtumine / Seasons meeting

All orus hoiab suvi veel oma värve. Üleval mägedes aga hiilib talv juba ligi, puistates oma valget lund tippudele. Varsti, üsna varsti peab suvi all vanduma ja valge lumevaip katab ka oru.


Down in the valley summer still holds its colors. While up in the mountains winter already sneaks in when scattering white snow on the peaks. Soon, pretty soon summer has to give up and the white mantle of snow will cover the valley too.


Teravmäed august 2012 / Svalbard August 2012

Jahihooaeg põhjapõdrale algas / Hunting season for reindeer started

Esimestele küttidele langeb osaks kerge saak. Seda kuniks põhjapõdrad saavad haisu ninna, mis toimub. Siis pole neid sugugi enam nii lihtne leida ja laskekaugusesse saada.


First hunters get an easy prey, until the reindeers get the smell what is really going on. And then they will be not so easy to find and get into the shooting range anymore.


Teravmäed august 2012 / Svalbard  August 2012

Looduse graafika / The graphics of nature

Sulav liustik. Tundsin natuke inspiratsiooni tulevat Wiiraltilt...


Melting glacier. Felt a little bit inspired by Wiiralt...


Teravmäed 2012 / Svalbard 2012

Undulatus asperatus

Harva esinev pilvetüüp, mis pilvede klassifikatsiooni lisati üsna hiljuti, 2009. aastal. Nimi tuleneb selle pilve lainjast aluspinnast. Kuigi need pilved näivad sünged ja tormi ennustavad, siis ometi enamasti hajuvad nad ilma tormi tekketa.


Rarely met cloud type, which rather lately in 2009 was added into cloud classification. The name origins from the wave-like formation of the cloud undersurface. Although they look dark and storm-like, they tend to dissipate without a storm forming.


Teravmäed, august 2012 / Svalbard, August 2012

Päästetud / Rescued

Natuke veel ootamist ja helikopterist laskub "ämblikmees", et päästa mind mere külmast embusest ja lennutada tagasi koju. Teist korda oli mul võimalus osa võtta päästeõppusest Teravmägedel.

Õnneks ei vajanud me Auduniga tõelist päästeoperatsiooni oma põhjapooluse retkel. Kuid alati on hea treenida ja valmis olla.

 

A little more to wait and I will be rescued. A "spiderman" abseils down from the helicopter and lifts me out of the sea to have a safe flight back home. Second time I had a change to take part of the rescue drill in Spitsbergen.

Luckily me and Audun we didn't have the real case on our North Pole journey. But it's always good to train and be ready.

Teravmäed juuli 2012 / Svalbard July 2012

Treeninghooaeg / The workout season

Nii nagu sportlasedki, nii ka kelgukoerad peavad end treenima aastaringselt, et olla heas vormis nende talvisel põhihooajal.


As athletes so do dogs need to workout throughout the year in order to be in shape for their main season in winter.


Teravmäed august 2012 / Svalbard August 2012