Fleuve Ob, Mai 2018. Plaine de Sibérie occidentale, à 200kms de sa confluence avec l'Irtych, plus au Sud.
Ville de Sourgout ("Le trou du poisson" en langue Khanty), ces jours - ci. Fondée en 1594. Cette année, le mois de février avait été particulièrement froid (- 55,2°C).
TEMOIGNAGES D'UN JOLI MOIS DE MAI
As Eldar Zagirov, a business coach, marvelled: 'We’re in the age of new technologies - super-fast internet, Instagram, and much more.
'And yet the inhabitants of Surgut … every day after work are rushing to the embankment, families with kids, couples, just not to miss the great ice drift.
'It’s like the first inhabitants of these places for many centuries ago.
'And there is something here. Something primordial, real, strong and sincere ...'
Another ice drift addict Ksenia Bogdanova said: 'We are here [embankment] every day, practically living here.
'In fact this is a simple thing - ice floes on the river….
'But for me it is such a strong and powerful natural phenomenon that I just cannot afford to miss it.'
Le fleuve photographié ces derniers jours, à partir du pont de Sourgout.
Siberian Times, hier.
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/power-of-the-ob-drifting-ice-on-clogged-river-breaks-metal-railings-and-drags-people-away-from-their-hi-tech-lives/
