By morning, as promised weather forecasters, the wind dropped to 6 m / s. All night long there was a snowstorm. We dig snowmobiles out of drifts. As soon as the sun rises higher we go on the route. Visibility is still limited, active precipitation. Today there is only one plan – to pass 150 km to the Sterligov weather station.
In the morning we managed to drive about 150 km. The weather conditions deteriorated, a snowstorm began, the wind was 15 m / s. Before the weather station Sterligov it is necessary to pass the same length of the way. Among the endless chain of cases of imprudence and relaxation, the trivial truth passes through a red thread – the Arctic does not forgive mistakes. Because of the limited visibility, we stop moving and set up a tent. We’ll wait for better weather. We often think about what it was like for those who walked up to us, about a hundred years ago, when there were not even maps … All the travelers of the North are extraordinary people, heroes, and any Arctic journey is a feat. When you yourself experienced the difficulties of crossing the North, then it’s scary to read about past expeditions. Papanin, Vilkitsky, Dezhnev, Chelyuskin – anyone, they all performed feats. Or the expedition of the era of Peter I – these people for 10 years came from Arkhangelsk, incredibly hard to break the road to the East!
March 30 we leave on the return route. Temperature -28C, wind south 3 m / s. Confident movement is hampered by numerous faults in the ice. We pass Tolya Bay in the Kara Sea, on the north-western coast of the Taimyr Peninsula. The length is 24 km, the width of the entrance is about 60 km. In the bay area in 1914 the vessels of the Russian hydrographic expedition “Taimyr” and “Vaigach” wintered. Opened in 1741-42 by the detachment of H. Laptev, later named in honor of the famous explorer of the north, Baron E. V. Toll
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Мы на 78-й широте! На самой северной точке материка Евразия – мысе Челюскина!
У берегов его смешиваются воды двух морей – Карского и Лаптевых. Дальше, на севере – Ледовитый океан, на юге – безжизненные земли. Климат на мысе Челюскин отличается суровостью. Зима длится 10-11 месяцев, в июле и августе – самых теплых месяцах лета – температура редко поднимается выше 1 °C. Средняя за год температура равна -14 °C. За год выпадает почти 300 мм атмосферных осадков; снег может лежать круглый год, не тая.
Yesterday we left Sterlingov. Once again, we want to thank the staff of the weather station for a warm welcome. Girls are wonderful housewives, who created a homely place here, at the “edge of the world”, on a tiny weather station.
By 15.00 on Friday we arrive at the marine hydrometeorological polar station Sterlegov. We are met by the head of the station Vladimir Nikolayevich Karabulin and his colleagues. In total, the station has 4 people, and 5 km from them – a radio navigation station, there are 2 more people. It’s all! For hundreds of kilometers, not a soul!