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
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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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Absolutely incredible images and the story of a scientific human being at the same time, living in extremely alien conditions compared to the rest of us. And a story of the Earth. Amazing....
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Yes! It is precisely this geopoetic combination that fascinates me, the intertwining of loneliness, exactness, cold and the earth, held together by a harsh and mysterious tenderness