{"id":1792,"date":"2026-02-23T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:52:40","slug":"antarctic-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>My expedition to Antarctica would have been impossible without the right gear to tackle the extreme <strong>Antarctic weather<\/strong>. To keep me warm and comfortable, I was fully kitted out by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robinzon-ua.com.ua\/ukr\/\">Robinson<\/a><\/strong> outdoor store in collaboration with the Ukrainian manufacturer <strong>Komandor<\/strong>, under their <strong>Neve<\/strong> brand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the weather like in Antarctica? Decoding Antarctic Weather<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During my time on the frozen continent, the Antarctic weather generally fell into five categories. &#8220;Level 5&#8221; was the rarest\u2014absolute mayhem. In those moments, even my full setup wasn&#8217;t quite enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My go-to kit consisted of two jackets (provided by my sponsors at <strong>Robinson<\/strong> and <strong>Neve.com.ua<\/strong>). Also, a heavy fleece, thermal base layers, sturdy boots, a rotation of buffs and beanies, and two pairs of pants: heavy-duty ski trousers and lighter trekking pants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_142-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Slicing the Calm of the Southern Ocean\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_142-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_142-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_142.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Slicing the Calm of the Southern Ocean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were times when the elements really tested me. Twice, I was on watch duty, gripping the helm during a massive storm with driving rain and crashing waves. I was getting drenched, so I had to switch to specialized foul-weather gear. Another time, during a mission from <strong>Vernadsky Research Base<\/strong> to the remote Berthelot Island. I was told to wear <em>everything<\/em> I owned, topped off with a survival suit. At first, I was roasting, but after a few hours in an open boat at sea, the chill began to sink in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When the Cold Hits (Level 4)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Category 4&#8221; weather usually hits during night watches or rough days at sea. While my gear was generally sufficient, staying stationary for too long was a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The worst part? Night shifts in the sleet and snow. After about 40 minutes of standing in the biting wind, I\u2019d lose feeling in my toes. By the end of the shift, my mind wasn&#8217;t just on the course or the wind angle\u2014I was thinking about the bathroom. For a while, I wondered if I was the only one struggling with this, as it&#8217;s not exactly a common topic of conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_126-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Navigating Antarctica's Shores\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_126-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_126-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_126.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Navigating Antarctica&#8217;s Shores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, thanks to some well-timed jokes from the crew, I realized it was a universal struggle. There\u2019s a very specific sensation when you\u2019re heading back in a zodiac boat, bouncing over the waves like a high-speed theme park ride, while dealing with the &#8220;unpleasant thumping&#8221; of a very full bladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Antarctic &#8220;Heatwave&#8221; (Level 1)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, it was so mild I could ditch the hat and buff and walk around in light layers. This was &#8220;Category 1.&#8221; Even a light jacket felt like overkill. Near <strong>Galindez Island<\/strong>, where the Ukrainian station is located, temperatures usually hovered between <strong>\u201315\u00b0C and +5\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U-Robinzoni-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U-Robinzoni-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U-Robinzoni-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U-Robinzoni-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U-Robinzoni.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it was late summer\/early autumn in West Antarctica, right on the coast, it was surprisingly &#8220;balmy&#8221; for this continent. On a cloudless day with the sun beating down and no wind, it could actually hit a staggering <strong>+5\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Sudden Shifts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, Antarctica doesn&#8217;t stay calm for long. Some nights, the wind would howl, the snow would fall, and the mercury would drop toward <strong>\u201320\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there are the full-blown hurricanes. The pressure drops sharply, the temperature jumps from \u22126\u00b0C to +4\u00b0C, and winds scream at <strong>130 km\/h<\/strong>. Everything around the station creaks, whistles, and moans. These gusts are strong enough to toss boats into the water, hurl waves against the buildings, flip half-full fuel barrels, and literally knock people off their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to dress for Antarctica. Finding the Sweet Spot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the time, I was toggling between Categories &#8220;2&#8221; and &#8220;3,&#8221; which could swap places in an instant. This created a constant layering dilemma:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Struggle:<\/strong> If you wear thermals, a fleece, ski pants, and a heavy jacket, you\u2019re perfect on a moving boat, but you\u2019ll melt the moment you start hiking on an island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Trade-off:<\/strong> If you go lighter\u2014thin pants and a light jacket\u2014you freeze on the water, but feel great once you start moving on land away from the spray and wind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Before first step\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gallery_10.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before first step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, I developed a &#8220;weather intuition,&#8221; learning to dress based on the distance of the boat trip and the look of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, my experience is just a scratch on the surface. It can\u2019t compare to the veterans who sail these waters regularly or the &#8220;winterers&#8221; who spend the long, dark months living through the true Antarctic chill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my time on the frozen continent, the weather generally fell into five categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,31,27],"tags":[38,30,52,13,51],"class_list":["post-1792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-in-english","category-trip","tag-all","tag-in-english","tag-outdoorgear","tag-trip-to-antarctica","tag-vernadsky-antarctica"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NO POLAR BEARS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antarctic2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antarctic2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Markiyan Prokhasko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/MarkoProkhasko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MarkoProkhasko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Markiyan Prokhasko\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Markiyan Prokhasko\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba\"},\"headline\":\"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":738,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ALL\",\"IN ENGLISH\",\"OutdoorGear\",\"trip to antarctica\",\"Vernadsky Antarctica\"],\"articleSection\":[\"blog\",\"IN ENGLISH\",\"trip\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/\",\"name\":\"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\\\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Ukrainian Writer Markiyan Prokhasko in Antarctica\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/antarctic-weather\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/\",\"name\":\"NO POLAR BEARS\",\"description\":\"Unique Antarctic .AQ site: original content for curious minds.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba\",\"name\":\"Markiyan Prokhasko\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Logo-1.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Logo-1.png\",\"width\":192,\"height\":293,\"caption\":\"Markiyan Prokhasko\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Logo-1.png\"},\"description\":\"My name is Markiyan Prokhasko (\u041c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u044f\u043d \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u0430\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e), and I live in Lviv, Ukraine. To facilitate my expedition to Antarctica, I began a fundraising campaign in the fall of 2018, actively seeking support from sponsors and donors. With the permission of the National Antarctic Scientific Center allowing me to stay at the Vernadsky Ukrainian Antarctic research station, I then participated in the 2019 Antarctic expedition. My book \u201cA Dream of Antarctica\u201d was published in early 2022. Antarctica took a special place in my life. Nevertheless, I dream of visiting many more countries to write my new books. In late 2022, I traveled to the Svalbard archipelago, Norway (Arctic), at the invitation of writers to gather information for future texts and podcasts.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/antarctic2019\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/m.prokhasko\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/antarctica-media-project\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/markiyanprokhasko\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/MarkoProkhasko\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@dream_of_world\",\"https:\\\/\\\/soundcloud.com\\\/markiyan_prokhasko\",\"https:\\\/\\\/uk.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/__\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nopolarbears.aq\\\/home\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS","description":"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS","og_description":"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.","og_url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/","og_site_name":"NO POLAR BEARS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antarctic2019\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antarctic2019\/","article_published_time":"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Markiyan Prokhasko","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/x.com\/MarkoProkhasko","twitter_site":"@MarkoProkhasko","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Markiyan Prokhasko","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/"},"author":{"name":"Markiyan Prokhasko","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba"},"headline":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World","datePublished":"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/"},"wordCount":738,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg","keywords":["ALL","IN ENGLISH","OutdoorGear","trip to antarctica","Vernadsky Antarctica"],"articleSection":["blog","IN ENGLISH","trip"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/","url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/","name":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World - NO POLAR BEARS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-23T13:52:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-23T13:52:40+00:00","description":"From sunny heatwaves to 130 km\/h hurricanes\u2014and the struggle of a full bladder on a bouncy Zodiac. This is Antarctic weather.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ukrainian_Writer_Markiyan_Prokhasko_in_Antarctica.jpg","width":1440,"height":1080,"caption":"Ukrainian Writer Markiyan Prokhasko in Antarctica"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/antarctic-weather\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Antarctica: A Survival Guide to Dressing for the End of the World"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/","name":"NO POLAR BEARS","description":"Unique Antarctic .AQ site: original content for curious minds.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b46b029463f608da4a244af553eefcba","name":"Markiyan Prokhasko","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Logo-1.png","url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Logo-1.png","width":192,"height":293,"caption":"Markiyan Prokhasko"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Logo-1.png"},"description":"My name is Markiyan Prokhasko (\u041c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u044f\u043d \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u0430\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e), and I live in Lviv, Ukraine. To facilitate my expedition to Antarctica, I began a fundraising campaign in the fall of 2018, actively seeking support from sponsors and donors. With the permission of the National Antarctic Scientific Center allowing me to stay at the Vernadsky Ukrainian Antarctic research station, I then participated in the 2019 Antarctic expedition. My book \u201cA Dream of Antarctica\u201d was published in early 2022. Antarctica took a special place in my life. Nevertheless, I dream of visiting many more countries to write my new books. In late 2022, I traveled to the Svalbard archipelago, Norway (Arctic), at the invitation of writers to gather information for future texts and podcasts.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antarctic2019\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/m.prokhasko\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/antarctica-media-project","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/markiyanprokhasko\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/MarkoProkhasko","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@dream_of_world","https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/markiyan_prokhasko","https:\/\/uk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/__"],"url":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions\/1794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopolarbears.aq\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}