Evgenia Arbugaeva's fascinating photographic series 'Weather Man' (2014) about Vyacheslav Korotki, a meteorologist and a trained 'polyarnik' living and working in the Arctic outpost of Khodovarikha
newyorker.com/magazine/2014/
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In case you too are planning your next Arctic trip ...
The weather station of Khodovarikha (in Russian: Ходовариха) is located here, on the icy coast of the Barents Sea
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Apparently, Vyacheslav Korotki only comes into contact with the rest of humanity once a year, when this ship, the Mikhail Somov, passes by to bring him supplies marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details
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Oranges on the frozen edge of the world
[Photo by Evgenia Arbugaeva]
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Every three hours, Mr. Korotki records the wind, the temperature, the humidity rate, the atmospheric pressure, the quality of the snow covering the tundra. He then transmits the data in morse code through a radio ...
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Vyacheslav Korotki's polar night
[Photograph by Evgenia Arbugaeva]
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His father was a sailor, who lived all his life on a ship with his wife, herself a cook. His favourite author, no joke, is Hemingway ...
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'He became nature itself', says Evgenia Arbugaeva, 'as if he were the wind or the snow ... He created his own world, the weather station, in a way, is his boat'
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This is Evgenia Arbugaeva's website
evgeniaarbugaeva.com
Further readings:
liberation.fr/culture/2015/0 (in French)
&
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2
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