Summer and winter-in the burning heat, as well as when the cold was sometimes fifty degrees below zero-he scoured the frozen plains, the thickets of birch and larch, the pine forests; setting traps; watching for small game with his gun, and for large game with the spear or knife.
Udako bero kiskalgarrian zein neguko hotz gogorrean, zenbaitetan zero azpitik berrogeita hamar gradu baino gutxiago egiten zuela, hara-hona ibiltzen zen ordoki latzean, alertzez eta urkiz beteriko sastraketan, pinudietan, lakioak eta segadak ipiniz, ehiza xeheari eskopetaz segika, ehiza larria noiz agertuko zelatan.