Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]By the way, I went in June/July if that makes a difference.... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Ted, > I have been to the Arctic Circle, but to Svalbard/Spitsbergen, in Norway, > where the landscape is far less bleak, maybe because there is plenty of ice > to be seen, and in the areas without ice, plenty of lichen carpeting the > ground, colouring it green. We reached 82N, which is close enough to where > Henning reached. Temperatures did not reach 50 degrees below zero, but did > reach 20-25 degrees below zero, which is bad enough. I have been to the > Antarctic as well, but because you seldom go past 67S (because it is a land > mass there, in the North it is all water), it is much warmer there, the > worst I faced was 5 degrees below zero. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Jayanand offered: >> " Nice set, but feels rather bleak on the whole.<<< >> Jayanand mon ami.:-) >> You should be standing there when the temperature is 50 degrees below >> zero and a vicious ARCTIC wind blowing with snow /ice particles blowing >> around cutting into your face even though a tiny opening!! Regardless of >> so >> called parka's and other arctic clothing you can still feel your spine >> becoming frozen just standing there! >> Oh yes and "WONDERING IF YOUR "leica" WILL GO CLICK WHEN YOU SLIGHTLY >> UNZIP THE PARKA?" pull it out from what body warmth you have left. The >> camera is out, fast focus "CLICK!" And back inside parka for next >> "freezing >> happy snap!" :-) DANG IT'S SO COLD YOU HAVE TO BE THERE! >> Wondering to yourself? "OH MY, WILL I EVER BE WARM AGAIN?" :-( :-( :-( >> That condition isn't as you see Henning's scenic's! >> cheers, >> Dr. ted. >> "you just have to be there" I don't think one can imagine the fierceness >> of the cold!" >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj >> Sent: September-19-16 3:32 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Arctic trip >> >> Nice set, but feels rather bleak on the whole. >> >> My favourite is the Kittiwake formation... >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Well, we are back from our arctic trip (thanks in part to my cousin >> Philip >> > the travel agent) and have had a bit of time to look at some of the >> photos. >> > >> > We went from August 20 to August 28 inclusive, from Resolute on >> Cornwallis >> > Island (approx. 75?N) to Cambridge Bay (approx. 69?N). Temperatures were >> > about 2?C ?2? the whole time, but often with a fierce wind. Dressing >> warmly >> > was adviseable. >> > >> > The trip was with OneOcean Expeditions, which charters Russian research >> > vessels; in our case the Akademik Ioffe. A Finnish built, Russian owned >> and >> > manned vessel chartered to a Canadian company operating out of Squamish, >> > BC. They do various trips into the Arctic and Antarctic with mainly two >> > identical ships. After our trip, I have only praise for the whole >> > operation. The Russian crew was professional in all the best possible >> ways, >> > the OneOcean staff were extremely knowledgeable and helpful (staff were >> > mostly Canadian with some other nationalities represented) and the ship >> was >> > perfectly suitable for this trip. Strengthened for ice, extremely quiet >> and >> > vibration free diesel engines and electric thrusters for 'sneaking up on >> > polar bears', if a 6000ton ship can sneak up on anything. >> > >> > The sister ship to this one was the base of operations two years ago >> when >> > the first of Sir John Franklin's ships, the Erebus was found after 165 >> > years in Queen Maud Sound in 11m of water. A week after we came home the >> > second ship, the Terror, was found a bit further North by essentially >> the >> > same group, but not using the same ship since it was still carrying >> > tourists. >> > >> > So. Here are the first pictures. All pictures in this album are from the >> > trip; more to come. >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/trips/Arctic/?g2_page=1 >> > >> > Henning Wulff >> > hjwulff at gmail.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >