| 14/06/2010
EXPEDITION SAM FJORD 2010 THE MARINE CLIFFS MORE HIGH DE EARTH Others “little ones” through which they passed Ingrid and Jose Manuel, were the Beluga Spire, brother of the Sun Polestar, the Great Cross Pillar with their characteristic natural black cross whom the Inuit from time immemorial serves as guide, the Walker Citadel of 1,400 meters of height and 4 kilometers in length and other gigantic cliffs without name that suppose some of the more serious alpinísticos challenges of the planet. When the expeditionary ones were encamped on the foot of the Beluga Spire, they at daybreak received the “visit” of that solitary traveller who all that is entered in the Arctic fears to find, especially yes is falling asleep within a coat and prote'ge' solely by the fine fabric of a store… And thus were Ingrid and Jose Manuel: at night, in one it tends and sleeping when the polar bear approached. But the one was not this great carnivore that woke up to them, but the insistent barks of “Blacky”, the dog that had left a Inuit friend them of the small population of Kanngiqtugaapik. Leaving quickly the coats to sleep, they were rushed to the outside to see what it happened. And there it was. Unemployed. Immovable. Watching fixedly at both human and the dog. But it was not moment to be without moving. Jose Manuel took hold rifle that took to protect itself of a possible attack, and to the sound to load a cartridge in the firing chamber the bear, luckyly for all, escaped running towards the depth of the fiord… You can see the photos of this expedition in the following connection: photographic gallery or in our page Web www.mundoartico.com This Article is an cortesy from: MUNDO ARTICO Moreto, 17 - Local - 28014 Madrid (SPAIN) Tel/Fax: +34 91 504 29 29 - Cellphone: +34 608 94 40 90 infopolar@mundoartico.com - www.mundoartico.com |
