Pictures
Our first visit to the island a week before the expedition. A toast for our success.
The temperature is +2C.
February 2, 10 AM, beginning of the expedition.
Vlad (UA1CIO) and myself on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. The temperature is -16C.
View of the island from the sea.
We cleared the ground to put up our tent.
One of dozens of ice blocks we cut out from the sea.
The temperature is -22C.
Our tent from the outside.
Our tent from the inside.
You can see blocks of ice it was edged with.
The first QSOs.
On the air.
Sound sleep.
The temperature outside the tent is -27C.
Morning tea.
In the train on the way back.
The temperature inside the carrige is about -10C.