Fotos from the Siberian winter
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Arrival with the snow plane. The research site is located in the Pine forest on the western side of the Yenisei around 63°north. In winter it is only accessible by plane or by truck via the frozen Yenisei. |
| Some impressions of
the forest in winter |
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 a snow-capped fallen tree |
 a tree which died in a bush fire some years ago... |
 the pine forest with 1m of fine snow. The west-side of the tree trunks is covered with snow |
 a more open forest in the midday sun . . |
 a ski-trip through the forest to the measuring station |
 the midday-sun and a small halo rainbow (right) |
| Some impressions of
the bog in winter |
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 the daily ski-trip to the measuring station in the bog |
 small pine trees in the bog . |
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 solar panels in the bog to supply electricity for the meteorologic measurements. In winter a generator had to be run because sunlight was too weak. |
| The small village
Zotino covered in snow |
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| Ice sculptures in
Krasnoyarsk |
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How to deal with very cold temperatures?
Information about the topics presented below is available for download
as pdf-files:
Clothing
Equipment
Nutrition
Wie geht man mit Kälte
um?
Zu folgenden Themen gibt es Informationen als pdf-Dateien:
Bekleidung
Ausrüstung
Ernährung
Verhalten
Apotheke