13th April 2016

A bit of the Arctic.

Finally, I could feel a bit of what the Arctic can be. With the scientist from Silesia University I went to perform some field work. I have assisted basically to two kinds of work. Firstly, in scanning the glacier, second in drilling the ice. Very nice and beautiful experience. It was entire long day of work. 

We had a bad luck since at the end the piece of drill stuck at 3,5m down at the last point and we spent 7 additional hours trying to get it back. 

The day was beautiful, but when the Sun was behind the  mountains it was terribly cold. We did not have thermometer, but sensors in other places on glaciers indicated down to -29, -30 degrees. It was really cold for unplanned long stay. It was hard sometimes, but I am happy to could do this and to survive it. After 20h we arrived very tried, but quite well:)

In the meanwhile many things are happening, I will try to write them later.   

6th April 2016

easter cake with the names of 9 survivors

Hey! Many things had happened. My birthday, Easter, some quite interesting work on the  glacier, the dogs are growing up very fast, and so on and so on. New people has arrived to the Station, this for sure was a shock. But anyway, I was a bit not in the mood of writing. I have written just a little bit of my book, that maybe one way I will finish, but I do not know when...

For me the spring is definitively much more complicated then the winter. The winter at least was quiet and now in my opinion is much more nervous. For sure I started to be lost, I do not know where to live and work in the future. Later, the transport of the dogs seems to be very difficult and expensive. The most complicated are the vaccines and the quarantine time. Maybe the dogs have to stay at Svalbard longer then our expedition and later we have to transport them somehow.. 

Not easy. Today they went in the cages to Longyearbyen to see the vet.

The best option for me would be to stay in Longyearbyen but I would need to have work there and since I do not know about the future a lot.. I cannot organise myself. Everything complicated...

Moreover what I have observed that the lives of sons of the ... (I don't want to say bad words here, but sometimes is the best way to describe someone.. ) are just easier and it is difficult for me to digest it.

Other things I just do not understand and have to deal with them.

I wish I could have a nice boyfriend and could construct something, some life projects with him. But I seem to be much more further from this that in the past.

Anyway, I am ok, but puzzled and I had to confront the things I don't want to confront.  

I am sorry for long blablabla, but some people were worried about me and I needed to write that I am alive and ok:)

I want to end this post with some positive accent so I put some of my culinary projects:)

  

Mole, tortillas and fajitas

tortilla espanola

profiteroles

sweet bread

the same but with cheese

donuts

more donuts

other my ester cake

easter bears, one after dinner

preparation of the traditional ester basket 

preparation of the traditional ester basket 

preparation of the traditional ester basket 

My b-day pink unicorn cake

the same

old sushi

sushi long time ago

12th Mar 2016

How the things can change during 3 months sometimes is difficult to describe. It is what we experience here. I mention about 5% of our stories. I am totally surprised with the life and with the things I did not expect. This nearly at all leyers of life. To prove it I show the photos of my doggy at 11th of Dec 2015 and 4th of Mar 2016 . Amazing, ehh?

I am pretty curious what will bring the future. 

I started to think recently, what I should do? Where I should work? Where I fit? Where is my place?

Sincerelly I am quite lost with this task… again..

  

11th December

4th March

4th March

1,5 month puppy on Skype

3 month puppy on Skype

11th Mar 2016

 At the end of February some of us we went to spent 1 day to Wroclaw Station, Verenhus vel Baranowski Station and check if everything is all right there. Very nice finaly move the body and go 20 km away ;)
We have visit as well Hyttevika, the hus located in very picturesque place.
Have approached to Torrelbren, one very beautiful glacier. And I do not know what to write more, just very calm and nice day :) I upload some pics.

good morning Verenhus!!

Verenhus- WROCLAW BARANOWSKI RESEARCH STATION

the picaxe with long story- Verenhus

good morning hyttevika!

somewhere looking at the horizont

Torrel in the background

More Torrel

this pic respect to other is after 15 min of driving- the landscape didnt change

5 of us

5 of us

2nd Mar 2016

waring up the water for the tea, option 1 fot. Robert Pogorzelki

It was about 1 week ago, one day after my duty, with Robert and Anton, we went to spent one night on the glacier. The weather was not so bad. There were some clouds and even during the night the fog came, but at least there were not precipitation. We drunk a tea and ate some lyophilizated food, prepared the place to sleep, had a bit of fun and then Robert started his shift.

At 4 am I changed the Robert and for me it was a realy long night.

From our sport repository I took the sleeping bag, that should work up to -30 deg. But it was old one and I could not warm up in it. When I started the shift I could move, walk and even dance:) to warm a little bit:). It started to be windy and not pleasent for me at all. Anyway, I needed to be ok, take care for not having frostbites and checking if the polar bear is not approaching. When the sky started to be a little bit blue, it was about 7 am I woke up the guys. It was nice to see that they are ok.

Quickly we took our toys, drunk tea (we forgot the sugar!! :( ) and went to the Base. At the way back I was so terribly tired that I had an impression that my goggles are sustained only by bugs under my eyes. 

Challenging but our adventure I consider as a big succes and the experience worth to be repeated:) Maybe next time I will organize myself better;)  

waring up the water for the tea, option 2 fot. Robert Pogorzelki

dream team having fun, fot. Robert Pogorzelki

me waking up the guys with a bit of tea, fot. Robert Pogorzelki

our bivouac at the morning,  fot. Robert Pogorzelki