Winter is beautiful, when the tea in hand, we see ballet snowflakes behind a window. Beautiful is also fantastic for skiing when it rozohriatí movement is perceived as fun and great season. It is beautiful to vyštípaných baby cheeks, when children build snowmen. The white blanket draped country has its charm really. The magic of peace and quiet. The peace and quiet, if not the end of the county, it becomes quickly tired monotonous and exhaustive. O that all would be able to tell scientists and adventurers who went to the cold parts of the world. There may know that winter can be not only beautiful but also extremely cruel.
A good swimmerNorth Country
Arctic Ocean is the smallest. The area of ??sea ice in late summer is around 9 million square kilometers, even in late winter for 3 million more. Surrounded Eurasia, North America, Greenland and numerous small islands, one of the coldest places on earth. For a long time there was a presumption that the Arctic is a continent. Norwegian scientist led Nansen in the late 19th century expedition that was to prove or disprove this belief. The final verdict, he spoke to the American research submarine Nautilus in 1958, which showed that no continent in the north of there, but it is a permanently frozen middle part of the Arctic Ocean.
Arctic
Cap earthThe word Arctic derives from the Greek Arktos, which means bear. Reportedly, the name associated with the constellation of the Great chariot – the Great Bear, which clearly shines over the Arctic. Word is called the Arctic region in addition to the Arctic Ocean and is part of the territory of Russia , Alaska, Canada , Greenland, Iceland , Norway , Sweden and Finland . The exact boundaries are not strictly determined, but a natural border tends to be an imaginary Arctic circle or the area where the average temperature of less than 10 ° C.
Fauna in Arctic
So life in the far north is naturally associated polar bear, which is extremely good swimmers and hunters of seals, fish and seabirds. And to make matters worse it is also pretty cunning predators. The seals because I used my special and proven technique. When he sees the pack ice seals, of call to him quietly, so that it only protrudes from the water nose, head of iceberg lifts and slippage and probably surprised seal is no longer easy prey. Well-known predators, there is the wolf and arctic fox. Furthermore, you can meet wolverine, arctic squirrels, arctic hares, whales, seals and narwhal or walrus.
The North Pole
Prairie IceClimbed the North Pole in April 1909, ie about two and a half years before the South Pole. That disclosure of information reaching the North Pole led many ambitions adventurers conquer the South Pole. Each is meant to be the first. Trips to both poles were nepopísate?ne difficult and perilous. Battle of the leadership to achieve the North Pole finally won the American Admiral Robert E. Peary together with his companion Matthew Henson. Peary leadership was challenged several times, finally it is generally recognized. Today it is considered that the exact point of the North Pole Peary still shared by only a few tens of meters.
Off to the winter?
Although the people are warm the idea of traveling in winter shy, heart true adventurer or inquisitive tom meet him at the thought of the expedition to the North Pole or at least somewhere in the Arctic Circle. Although it is already today the implementation of similar routes relatively uncomplicated, usually quite expensive. By boat or by plane, helicopter or combined transport through travel agencies to get the full north. And that feeling, which is worth a go. In particular, it is possible to overcome pitfalls and cold winters more comfortable than it was as 100 years ago. Peary knew would surely tell …