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Fri, 30 May 2008, Que la fonte commence !

Je savais que ça allait arriver... j'ai bien peur que ça y est ! Après 8 longs mois, on sort de l'hiver. Comme je ne voulais pas m'y résoudre, ce sont ces trois oies venues du Sud et se déhanchant gourmandement devant les chiens toutes chaînes tendues qui ont eu hélas le mot final. Oui, les beaux jours arrivent, dit-on. Enfin, au Spitzberg cela signifie que la neige devient lourde et transpirante puis que le permafrost fond en surface, que le ciel s’alourdit de nuages, que bientôt Vagabond sera prisonnier d’un persistant brouillard et que la boue sera plus perverse que la banquise fragile. Ici on dirait plutôt, c’est l’arrivée d’une saison nouvelle. (Sébastien Barrault)

I knew it would happen... I'm afraid here we are! After 8 long months, winter is ending. As I didn't want to face it, 3 geese came from South and sway their hips appetizingly in front of the dogs, pulling hard on their chains, it was the end of it. Yes, the fine days of summer are coming, as some would say. But in Spitsbergen, this means that snow is becoming heavy and wet, that permafrost is melting at surface, that sky is getting more cloudy, that soon Vagabond will be trapped in a persistent fog, and that mud will be more perverse than fragile pack ice. Here we would say that a new season is starting. (transl. EB)

Posted May 2008 30 at 10:55


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