- The land of cold
- The continent of timeless nature
- The edge of civilisation
- The realm of no one
- A frontier of science
Antarctica: where nature is supreme
A realm of ancient nature facing the perils of climate change
Senses of Antarctica
To know Antarctica intimately is to know its scent and its touch. A tiny stretch of water or land, seen up close, might not overwhelm like the sweeping view. Yet, it's etched in memory when your hand slips into the cold water, faintly sticky with brine, and your fingers meet the fleeting shards and fragments of ice as the swift motorboat speeds along.
Sounds of Antarctica
Sounds, however, are ever-present in that place. They exist in daylight and darkness, near and far. They feel like they weave together all other sensations. Approach an iceberg closely, and you'll hear the water lapping; gaze at the ice mountains from the island's peak, and the distant roar of the ocean reaches you.
Colours of Antarcrica
However, Antarctica's unique quality is this: it's as if nature, playing with the building blocks of the world, a vast LEGO set, chose to use only a select few types of pieces and colors. And with these, it created something exceptionally elegant here.
The waters of the Antarctic are like the river Styx, which separates the terrestrial and underground worlds, the world of the living and the dead. It could be crossed by boat with a guide. But Antarctica is the opposite to the underground kingdom of Hades. It is cold and beautiful, but sometimes it seems just the same magically impregnable.
— Markiyan Prokhasko
The oneness of water, sky, and ice
