Abashiri 01/03-03/03

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I arrived quiet late due the lng train trip of 11 hours in this remote town. The area used to be a place for criminals from japan. In winter times it gets so cold that the sea freezes and changes into snow white plain of ice bergs. I got up the next day around 5 AM to experience the sunrise. As soon the sun hits the ice, the whole sea changed from a cold dark emptiness into a coloured shiny mess...amazing.

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Photos

drift ice
The frozen sea at abashiri

sunset
the sunset above the frozen sea

me
standing on one of the frozen ice pieces.

abashiri station
a desolated station, so time for a coffee from the automay\t. They sell heated coffee in cans...

train track
the train track to abashiri along the coast