About 30 days to go!!!

Leading National Research Center

 It is about 30 days to the beginning of the expedition and the things around me started to move awesomely quickly. Neither a lot of time to celebrate;) I just arrived home and need to go again.
But it is worth. After 30 years of my life I started to believe in Santa Claus, and I know where does he live!!!:D at KNOW (Krajowy Naukowy Osrodek Wiodacy- Leading National Research Center).


It is where we got our beautiful summer/winter unforms and some more useful stuff. Truly impressive!! Now I need to vote (election day today), pack my stuff and rhumb north (first meteo training in Chojnice). Bye!

My summer uniform

Winter uniform (technology is really cool;) but now I do not have time to write about it)

40 days to go!!!

I was on one course in Gdynia, therefore, I have not written for few days. The instructors were working on us pretty hard, it was awesome. However, we did not have any time for us.

I will try to write something about this, however, it is hard to resume. I will need time and space for this and I will not do everything now;)

Green - where the polar bears live, red-Spitsbergen

As you probably know Spitsbergen is a habitat of the largest terrestrial carnivores alive today, the polar bears (pic above). Adult male polar bears weigh 350–700 kg and measure 2.4–3 metres in total length. The population of those mammals is about 20 000-25 000 individuals, but (un)fortunately not all of them live on Spitsbergen, the place where I am going. However, many of them can visit us and therefore, we,.. especially the ones in National Park, we have to be prepared for this special meeting. It is not allowed to shot the bear and I hope not to have to do it in my life, but he can appear in some hopeless moment and it is the last and unique solution, before the cute bear eats your liver and heart.

Since we have the wonderful opportunity to spend one year above the arctic circle, they had to prepare us for some emergency situations. We played with different-color flares and we had tried different shot-guns and revolvers to find the weapon we feel comfortable with.

Finally, we were shoting 3 days. The first contact with weapons, was for me, I would say, quite stressful, but later  nice and calm. I was really surprised. I do not like rifles (however, I passed the exam) and some of shot-guns. From shot guns I chose pulp-action, very funny (The pic shows my results from the static exam, 5 in the circle). Magnum 44 is neighter so bad;)
The next photo shows the Charlie's Angels,  I mean, me and Karo and the bear 10 times dead (my 6 Magnum in the circle:D and 4 shots of Karo!!, the best team work!!, dinamic shoting)

Charlie´s Angels or Devils

Next days.. the fire stuff together with spending maybe 1 min in the fire (no air-no fun and the smell was awful!), law blablabla,  lifesaving and auto-lifesaving course with very well prepared guy. Sometimes, breathtaking things. E.g. how to deal with shoted lung?!?! Now, when I survive I know how!!:D
I can, as well, defiblirate you if you want:D Believe me, I am able to do much more stuff, if I want:)

After shoting with Karo, Dominika S. in the background

Then something form radiostation (SECURITE SECURITE!! better for you not to use "over and out";) and do not use MAYDAY for ordering alcohol;) )

At the end some NAVY games;) I leave you some photos (The best  things  are not photographed :/) and I focus on my meteo;)

We come in peace!!!

bye!!

With our IT-crowd, Roberto-Programedeiro

45 days to go!!

Sincerely, I do not know exactly how many days we have to go but I estimate them to be around 45.
Now, they are really not to many, therefore we started to do the things seriously;) All the May we do things. In 3 hours I departure to Gdynia (close to well known Gdansk) to learn negotiation techniques with polar bears and throwing boring collegues overboard. It seems that we will be busy learning those important skills during next 6 days, so maybe I will not publish during this time..  Later Leszno, Warszawa, Chojnice.. I feel like sleeping home (Wroclaw) 2 nights this month.... But it is cool, isn´t it?? I have made you the map showing you my plans for near future. Any nice person that wants to have a beer somewhere in Poland? Preferably handsome guy but you can be as well ugly girl;) 

The time is running out! Yesterday, when I had a bit of time, so I bought 3 liters of showering gel, 3 liters of shampoo... the shopgirl was wondering what was wrong with me, but I was continuing, soaps, listerine, vaseline balm for the wind..some more stuff and the star of yesterday- 1 liter of spicy salsa mexicana!!

Noone is resting in our team!! In the last picture (apart of me;) ) Konrad and Jack on amphibian, learing to can drive us later:)

I go! cheers!

50 days to go!!!

Hej!! It is hard to write. I do not have time!! ;) But I need to be constant and work on myself -indispensable for the North;) Moreover, I need to update some information. First of all the expedition started to be even more tasty since in democratic way we have choosen this wonderful logo (by Robert Manowski, proposed by chef: Dominik Petelski). 

 

That’s one small step for mankind, but one giant leap for us;) The team spirit has grown and at least in my case I started to feel really proud:) It is really cool to represent your own country. I feel unquestionably happy.

Now I want to show you where I will be. I have prepared those schematic pictures to ilustrate where you can find me for the next year. In the Figure 2 (so article style haha) where the heart is (77 deg N) there I will be:) On the map the red lines indicate the polar circles (66 deg) and the top and bottom ends of the map are the North and South poles, respectively.

 

On the next picture, the red crappy arrow indicates the norwegian island Spitsbergen, the biggest island of Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Administratively, the archipelago is not part of any Norwegian county, but rather forms ununicorporated area administered by a state-appointed governor. But about this later.

In 50 days my world will change. For sure, the changes will be indescribable and many challenges will appear. However, I start this adventure somehow easyly, I have very calm interior state and the heart and mind opened for what future will bring. This valuable state I have gained thanks to some people I can call friends and to many that I met on my way. Thank you very much to support me. For the things you have done to me to make me feel so great I will dedicate one post when I will have more time. By now, to my buddies I dedicate this pic form  Pinguins from Madagaskar (the pic done by Kowalski ;) ) CIAO!!!!!