Winter in May
It may seem that Siberians harp on about the weather a bit, but I feel I have begun to understand and identify with them. The weather has so much...
Spring Summer Snow
It’s one month out from summer in central Siberia and it’s been snowing today. Nothing unusual about that. It usually snows a few times in June too. What WAS...
Stolby
Later in March, on probably the last day of beautiful fresh snow before the thaw began, N and I decided to go for a 17 km hike with some people...
Winter Blues
While this winter was apparently quite mild – we rarely hit the minus 30s – it was still a very difficult adjustment for us Aussies. The days were very...