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Ice kayaker in Shiroka Polyana reservoir, Bulgaria
Breaking the ice
"There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes", goes an old Scandinavian saying. Our aerial shot of an ice-defying kayaker brings us to a different part of Europe – Bulgaria, to be exact – but the aphorism applies anywhere there's a chill in the air. To a skilled and well-equipped kayaker, any body of water lacking a thick ice layer can offer opportunities for polar paddling – as our photo subject, clad in a dry suit and presumably warm layers beneath, proves by slicing a streak through the Shiroka Polyana reservoir's thin sheet of ice.
Breaking the ice
"There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes", goes an old Scandinavian saying. Our aerial shot of an ice-defying kayaker brings us to a different part of Europe – Bulgaria, to be exact – but the aphorism applies anywhere there's a chill in the air. To a skilled and well-equipped kayaker, any body of water lacking a thick ice layer can offer opportunities for polar paddling – as our photo subject, clad in a dry suit and presumably warm layers beneath, proves by slicing a streak through the Shiroka Polyana reservoir's thin sheet of ice.
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