О нас пишут. Хорошие новости из тундры

Как-то раз в гости к ЧУМработнице пришли шведы. Вернее, швед и шведка, и не сами, а их привёл к ней журналист газеты "Няръяна вындер" Григорий Дитятев. Есть такая традиция в Нарьян-Маре - показывать гостям достопримечательности Нарьян-Мара, в том числе, живую ЧУМработницу.

ЧУМработница гостям всегда рада - жаль, времени у неё на тот момент было маловато для общения. Только и успели по чашке чая выпить с печенюшками да несколькими фразами перекинуться. Ясное дело - на английском. Григорий, дай Бог ему здоровья, как раз куда-то отлучился, и ЧУМработнице пришлось напрягать извилины и поднимать из глубин своей девичьей памяти огрызки иноземных фраз и выражений. После десяти минут "непринуждённого" общения, она с радостью убежала по делам, но мысль о том, что гости напишут о ней именно то, что она им непринуждённо рассказала, немного её беспокоила. 

А в гостях в Ненецком округе был шведский журналист и фотограф Кеннет Микко с подругой, тоже журналисткой и актрисой Анной. Сфотографировать их ЧУМработница не успела, поэтому нашла фото в Интернете. Вот Кеннет Микко. 

На запрос "Шведская журналистка и актриса Анна" ЧУМработница получила тысячи фотографий, среди которых ту самую Анну так и не опознала. Анна, прости!

Сегодня она хочет познакомить вас с четырьмя заметками, которые Кеннет Микко опубликовал в электронной версии журнала "Barents Culture". На фотографиях вы увидите уже знакомые вам лица и места.

Все четыре заметки, как назло, написаны по-английски. ЧУМработница уверена, что вы, дорогие друзья, этот язык, в отличие от ней, знаете хорошо, а вот ей пришлось воспользоваться Google-переводчиком. Там всё просто: копируешь английский текст в одну колонку - в другой получаешь мгновенный перевод. Несмотря на то, что перевод не литературный  а машинный, смысл написанного понять можно. Подойдите творчески к процессу перевода и такие выражения, как "верховая езда в машине даёт сильные ощущения" не принимайте буквально.

Google-переводчик вам в помощь! 

Rider of the Ice Road

2013-02-08 - 04:33

The northern region Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) has almost no roads. The main part of the vast territory consists of tundra, crossed by small rivers, and covered by wetlands and  lakes.

In the summer, the big river Pechora and the sea is used to get goods to the region, with its 40 000 inhabitants.

During winter, air transports are used, together with ice roads. In November, trucks with water tanks, and tractors pulling heavy metal weights prepare the ice roads. They are built every winter, to protect the sensitive tundra from erosion.

Sasha and Jura are two drivers from the capital Naryan Mar, working together. They drive heavy loads on the ice road from Kharyaga to Naryan Mar, a distance of more than 200 kilometers.

– Many trucks have got stucked and some drivers have even died from cold out on the tundra, driver Sasha explains.

Riding in his car gives a strong impression. The lorry, loaded with 20 tons of pork meat, has a hard time getting up the steep slopes at river crossings, and is on two occasions  towed up by caterpillars.

On other road sections, you have to work with patience through snowdrifts, half meter high .

To cover a distance of 200 kilometers takes eight hours in good conditions, but it can also take days, or end up in the ditch.

The skilfull drivers are risking both their cars and themselves to get goods through to the 20 000 inhabitants of Naryan Mar.

Another ice road (250 km) goes from Kharyaga to Varnandei in the north, at the Kara Sea coast.

Optimism inNaryan Mar

 2013-02-15 - 04:56

Snowmobiles in the yard. A Yamaha in front and a Buran in the background. Photo Kenneth Mikko

NARYAN MAR. The Nenets capital Naryan Mar has changed dramatically over the last 5-10 years. Today, the centre is full of newly built dwelling houses, replacing the old wooden architecture. In local folk humour, they have gotten nicknames like Titanic (with a big chimney, like the sunken steamer), the Sandwich (two slices of bread with something in between) or the Gingerbread (fantasy formed cookie). In the yards, you can see both new Western snowmobiles and the classic Russian Buran.

- There is a feeling of hope here, says reporter Grigroy Dityatev at the local newspaper Naryana Vynder. Like many others he saw the possibilities in the booming Nenets town and moved here, in his case from Arkhangelsk.

Behind the boom is of course the incomes from the oil industries. Lukoil, French Total, American Conoco and Norwegian Statoil are among the companies drilling and extracting the floating energy below the permafrost tundra. The average salary in Nenets is today among the highest in Russia, especially for oil workers and civil servants. New sport palaces can be used for free by the locals. The town is tidy, and in the winter the snow is quickly removed from streets and sidewalks, which does not happen everywhere in Northwest Russia. To have access to tasty and healthy reindeer meat is another appreciated advantage for many.

Outside of Naryan Mar, Nenets shaman Kolya sees other possibilities. Living in a chum (tepee) in the forest, he wants to heal people with traditional techniques, and also welcomes tourists to see his reindeers.

The chum is heated by a stove, but modern times has moved in. Kolya takes up his phone, the mobile coverege is good also in his traditional chum.

Loving the Arctic

 2013-02-21 - 19:23

Matvei Chuprov, here in a chum (tepee), is enthusiastic about the Arctic project. Photo Kenneth Mikko

NARYAN MAR. The circumpolar conference “With love to the Arctic” will be held in the Nenets capital 27/2 – 1/3. The arrangers have invited a broad range of participants: explorers and travellers, representatives of the Russian Geographical Society, Santa Claus from both Rovaniemi and Veliky Ustyug, the Yamal Iri, opera singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya and famous film director Peter Greenaway. As part of the conference, the Day of the Cold will be celebrated on Thursday 28/2.

– There is so much talk about the Arctic as a source for natural recources like oil and  gas, says Matvei Chuprov, one of the organizers. But we want to put emphasis on the people living here, and their ecological adaption to the Arctic environment. The future is about traditions and creativity, and among the indigenous peoples of the north, you can find it. We want to develop a circumpolar network to defend the north, and the conference is one part of it. It’s for all of us who love the Arctic.

Good News from the Tundra

2013-02-08 - 04:31

Irina Kotkina runs the popular Chumoteka site NARYAN MAR. Ten years ago Irina Kotkina worked as a librarian at a boarding school in Nenets. She felt that the books about her northern region were to complicated, and wanted to give school children and others more knowledge and inspiration, but in simple words.

The solution came to her in the form of an internet blog, that should be simple and fun and open to the world. The unofficial Nenets blog “Chumoteka” was born. The word chum means teepee, the tent used by the reindeer-herding Nenets people living on the tundra.

Today, the Chumoteka site has grown popular to readers around the world.

- I have visitors from 75 countries, Irina tells. The site is in Russian, but has a translation module, and contains material about reindeer, Irina’s diary, film clips, recommended books etc.

The success of the Chumoteka blog also meant a big change in Irina’s life. She today works as an information officer at the Nenets administration, spreading the message about Nenets and life on the tundra over the world.

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PS: ЧУМработница хочет добавить (и пусть Кеннет Микко не обижается), но фотография, на которой она изображена с размахивающими руками -  откровенно неудачная. ЧУМработница в жизни намного красивей и руками размахивает намного изящней.  Но, в то же время, она хочет выразить автору благодарность за публикацию фото её уха на главной странице сайта (см. красную стрелочку). Ухо получилось намного симпатичней, чем ЧУМработница в целом.

 

Читай ещё в ЧУМотеке в рубрике "О нас пишут":

1. НАО в глянце 
2. НАО-картина датчанки Карины 
3. Ненецкий порядок по-московски
4. Олени, люди и собаки живут дружно
5. По зимней тундре: дневник Nobody
6. Поморы и ненцы: дружба сквозь столетия
7. Прекрасное место под названием Несь
8. Сбрендим по-ненецки? 
9. Своими глазами 
10. Север - это круто! Север - это НАО! НАО - это мы!
11. Стены и люди: гостевой пост от Штефана Дудека