I am a person who might be surprised by an ice break only on some Yenisei. I've seen powerful ice drifts in my life! The Vologda River cannot boast of such a thing. Here, the ice flow is so modest and inconspicuous that it can pass in an hour or last three days.

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNwHygbgMf5WwmpDmsLUzk1bTxYQTxE97muardyQRW2B9/image.png)

The current on the river is very weak even in high water and the ice moves slowly.
https://sun9-43.userapi.com/impg/Cs93IZT16Phdld7BJfB_6f6T11OJRx_dG3tBVw/4Ekz-qka3Qc.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=86c1b30d3d1d82e0324a1021bef2902c&type=album

The only thing that might interest you in terms of the picture is the geometry of the ice floes.
https://sun9-22.userapi.com/impg/q-z9QBVC2ySZ7rVBzAopCgPQX0myylKYDq2D_w/iZlxUIiH7pg.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=fbd5d14d653c5d241682da43b602213e&type=album

But this year we had no luck with that either.
https://sun9-30.userapi.com/impg/KUq5fptjAT2KbScAAf1Yz3_XUcnwPOXeWmt0ww/OBSpnNTNGxE.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=ee779b771f395fd58fbedbf604b2eb9d&type=album

I have beautiful pictures of last year's ice drift.
https://sun9-72.userapi.com/impg/SSw0pJJD8MmA34VPbL-cfKSzK_5ww6Y69sO24Q/XsqDMMpn4iw.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=1a60fcc803e0f20fe004c9fe97513944&type=album

But as a reporter, I just have to capture this phenomenon as a fact.
https://sun9-66.userapi.com/impg/N7u1cbsz0awkGBY_zrgnf15FatXzciJ8e1he8g/qlwwrhInvaw.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=e286c8e03b9e51f9cfc5e04345f0e06e&type=album

By the way, this is the second ice break this year!
https://sun9-48.userapi.com/impg/L1Pl6ZeUk9blXD0lFTPVfARvkaaTfb-gyB0y2A/gknNvQiwWZU.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=15eed5c76b104fe6c98e5782f48720d4&type=album

The first was on the first of February, when the thaw melted the ice and it began to break.
https://sun9-37.userapi.com/impg/wwVwNTss-TMGqrAOcCdk8BvCSZqXWA8oOiwsPA/jmiGaNlY3yk.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=3463ad4620b5aa69fe5971f14f62e28e&type=album

But there were once severe floods here, which is hard to believe.
https://sun9-35.userapi.com/impg/ulks747uUdg71luWjtiFxB6oqxO1SVwX3m_0Rw/WNusnDUy7t4.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=256be91539f31126fda6d06c85cb802d&type=album

In old photographs from the last century, entire streets are flooded and even churches.
https://sun9-43.userapi.com/impg/wot2PNhoQCmtCcBUDRHMKcRATt-KT1Q1iLcGYQ/vWE564WGLJo.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=d7c435d16bf3dd02849d079b7c123104&type=album

I wonder what should happen now to flood as well?
https://sun9-8.userapi.com/impg/Mew28AV26HiA_vk5ndcYliojsS6TG9ddHTATIw/ZYDFQGZm1UY.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=0793a04e8a6578b65d8d94a1807ee57f&type=album

In Sukhona and the Northern Dvina, I have no doubt to this day that they are capable of such a thing.
https://sun9-68.userapi.com/impg/V9SyomvpvZsqRkJo6JQlHq5Q3iyEspNByxD22Q/K8X63dgVQdA.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=080600e7c699b086407ee7ad0d251bbd&type=album

But can tiny Vologda really do that?
https://sun9-61.userapi.com/impg/_wb3pitPej6wyyiW0emloz5ol7EhJLctAjIvSQ/SNNv-40qmrg.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=2861d0a009f1c33dd616bded389b2023&type=album

Okay, I believe it! When I first arrived in Vologda in November 2019, there was a strong flood, where the boat station was flooded.
https://sun9-13.userapi.com/impg/GRdpYIhC2QRq29gvR7aM6rbOPQ8yJPRBYYELww/Z77UyNWpKzA.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=e27fe2343e95b47cd28f96bebdc97d41&type=album

This year, it wasn't worth waiting for anything at all: there was no snow in winter, and last autumn was arid enough to cross the river by foot.
https://sun9-65.userapi.com/impg/rm7q31rX2n4xLZg30ZUV6yWK3Fqm-TocRBA6lw/qbLkO0M7qo0.jpg?size=2560x1707&quality=95&sign=0a440ddce5bae9a6cbb52d41bb484c89&type=album

But everything is cyclical and everything can happen again!