Ukukhwela iKayaking phakathi kwee-icebergs: amava okugqibela okubheqa

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Iikayakers ziyayithanda indalo kunye nomngeni. Ke kuthekani malunga ne-kayaking adventure phakathi kwee-icebergs? Inhlanganisela ekhethekileyo!

Ukhenketho lweKayak lunokufumaneka phantse kuyo yonke indawo emhlabeni: nakwiindawo ezinomdla njengeSpitsbergen okanye iGreenland. Kwaye nakwi-Antarctica. Ubulolo be-Arctic kunye ne-Antarctic bunokufunyanwa kwi-kayak ukusuka kumbono omtsha ngokupheleleyo kunye noxolo olupheleleyo. Uhamba kwindawo eyedwa uthule kwaye uzibuze, ubheqa i-kayak yakho phakathi kwee-icebergs.

Kodwa zikwakho iindawo zokuhamba ekulula ukufikelela kuzo. Ukuba awufuni ukuhamba yonke indlela emazantsi okanye emantla, ungandwendwela i-Iceland, umzekelo. Apho unokuthatha uhambo lwe-kayak phakathi kwee-icebergs kwaye wenze iphupha lakho lokubheqa emkhenkceni libe yinyaniso: umzekelo kwichibi elihle lomkhenkce iJökulsárlón.

Ngokukodwa kwiihambo ze-kayak e-Arctic okanye e-Antarctic, izixhobo ze-kayak ngokwemvelo azibandakanyi kuphela i-kayak kunye ne-paddle, kodwa kunye nempahla ekhethekileyo. Njengomthetho, iisuti ezomileyo zigqitywe ngexesha lokutyelela, ezikhusela umoya, amanzi kunye nokubanda. Ngamanye amaxesha iiglavu ezikhethekileyo nazo zinikezelwa. Kubalulekile ukuba uhlale ushushu kwaye womile kuhambo lwakho lomkhenkce. Ke ungawonwabela amava endalo ngendlela epholileyo kwi-kayak phakathi kwe-icebergs, amashiti omkhenkce olwandle okanye umkhenkce okhukulisekayo.

Amava eKayak engqongwe yiAntarctic icebergs

I-Antarctica ifikeleleka kuphela kubakhenkethi ngenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Kodwa ezinye zeenqanawa zohambo lwabakhenkethi zibonelela nge-kayaking e-Antarctica ukongeza kuhambo lwaselunxwemeni kunye nohambo lwenqanawa. Iintaba zomkhenkce ezintle zilindele ababhexi kunxweme olunomkhenkce kwi-Antarctic Peninsula. Eminye imile okwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo emincinci, eminye inomtsalane ngokwaneleyo ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obukhulu. I-kayak encinci phakathi kwee-icebergs ezinkulu ithatha umbono wehlabathi elimangalisayo elimhlophe ukuya kwinqanaba elitsha. I-Antarctica ikwanayo nemikhenkce, umkhenkce okhukulisekayo kunye noonombombiya kwaye ngethamsanqa le penguin iya kuntywila ngaphaya kwekayak.

Sasi ngenqanawa yohambo lwaseLwandle Spirit kuhambo oluya eAntarctica. Kwakunokwenzeka ukuba i-kayakers okanye amaqela anomdla abhukishe i-kayak excursions kwangaphambili. Ngelixa abanye abahambi behamba ngee-rubber dinghies okanye, kungenjalo, bandise uhambo lwabo lonxweme, iklabhu ye-kayak yakwazi ukufumana i-Antarctica ngokukhwela.

Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kungqameko lomkhenkce eSvalbard (Spitsbergen)

E-Spitsbergen ungabhukisha isiqingatha sosuku, usuku okanye ukhenketho lwe-kayak lweentsuku ezininzi kunye nababoneleli bendawo. Ukhenketho ludla ngokuqala longyearbyen, eyona ndawo inkulu eSvalbard. Ukuze ungene nzulu kwiziqithi zaseSvalbard okanye, umzekelo, ukufikelela kumda womkhenkce, uhambo olude lwenqanawa lufanelekile. Ukongeza kuhambo lwaselunxwemeni kunye nokukhwela inqanawa, ezinye iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa nazo zibonelela nge-kayaking endleleni.

E-Svalbard, abahambi ngenqanawa banokonwabela unxweme olunesithukuthezi olunendawo entle yefjord kwaye bamangaliswe kukugqabhuka komkhenkce omkhulu okunomkhenkce okhukulisekayo kunye neentaba zomkhenkce ezincinci. Ngokuxhomekeke kwixesha okanye ukuba ukhenketho lwakho lukude kangakanani emantla, unokufumana ama-ice sheets olwandle kunye nomda womkhenkce.

Wir haben Amava eSvalbard kunye neebhere zepolar kunye nePoseidon Expeditions. Ukuba ubunomdla, ungabhukisha ukhenketho lwephenyane kwangethuba kwaye ke ube namava eArctic ePhezulu ngokubhexa: Sea Spirit Kayak Club. Ngenxa yezizathu zokhuseleko, nangona kunjalo, kuthathwa unonophelo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba i-polar bear safaris ayizange yenzeke nge-kayak, kodwa kunoko ngeenqanawa ezine-motor inflatable.

Ukhenketho lweKayak phakathi kwee-icebergs kumachibi anomkhenkce e-Iceland

Ngokombono wethu, ichibi elikhulu lomkhenkce i-Jökulsárlón kumantla-mpuma e-Iceland ngokuqinisekileyo akufuneki liphoswe kulo naluphi na uhambo lwase-Iceland. Kungcono ukuzisa ixesha elininzi okanye ubuye amaxesha amaninzi kwaye ubukele indlela ii-icebergs ezisechwebeni ezitshintsha ngayo. Ngokuxhomekeke ekuzaleni kunye nomsinga, kuya kubakho ii-icebergs ezininzi okanye ezimbalwa, umkhenkce okhukhulayo uya kutyhalwa kunye okanye i-iceberg iya kujika ngokukhawuleza. Unokubukela ii-icebergs ukusuka elunxwemeni lwechibi lomkhenkce, uthathe uhambo ngesikhephe kwi-Jökulsárlón okanye ufumane ukhenketho lwe-kayak.

Ukongeza kwi-Jökulsárlón edumileyo, kukho amanye amachibi anomkhenkce e-Iceland anokuphononongwa nge-kayak. Kukwakho namathuba amahle okufumana iintaba zomkhenkce kwichweba lomkhenkce iFjallsárlón ngasentla kumntla-ntshona kunye nakwichibi elincinane lomkhenkce iHeinabergslón kumzantsi-mpuma weJökulsárlon. Emantla e-Iceland (malunga neekhilomitha ezili-12 ukusuka kwingxangxasi eyaziwayo ye-Skogafoss), ukhenketho lwe-kayak lunikezelwa kwi-glacier lagoon yaseSólheimajökull.