ESPERANZA, ANTARCTICA, 2025
Lottery win? Vabank? Or life's jackpot? What started with a coffee at work at the Faculty of Science gradually transformed into a life-long adventure like no other. The two of us's scientific expedition to Antarctica with the Argentine army started off brilliantly. A flight across the Southern Ocean in the world's largest military aircraft, as well as aerobatic flying in combat helicopters just a meter above the ice floes... all of this is just the beginning of our journey to find penguins, seals, sea lions, but especially diatom algae that can inhabit even the most extreme places on our planet, such as the seventh continent. But as soon as we took the last sample remaining in the mosaic of the story of discovering microbial life at the foot of glaciers, something we never expected happened. Whales arrived!
YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA, 2024
One epic adventure on Lost Arrow and Half Dome with my bestie :-)
YARIGUÍES, COLOMBIA, 2024
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to set foot in places no one has ever seen before? In a way, it is still possible today, without having to descend to the ocean floor. Of course, there was definitely someone before us in the mountainous ecosystem of South America… but their goal was either to catch lunch or to lay a mine. But we were certainly the first naturalists and photographers to climb to the peaks of the Yariguíes National Park, from where we brought back samples of new species of orchids, mosses and trees. Although expeditions to discover the undiscovered diversity of the tropics are now on the fringes of world science, without knowing the true diversity, we risk losing many species before they are even described.
INARI, FINLAND, 2023
With my friend Juha and me had an unique opportunity to bike over the frozen lake in Lapland! This was simply epic :) We wrote also a diary (in Czech).
LANGJÖKULL, ICELAND, 2023
My friend and my tried to walk on the ski over the second largest Iceland glacier during the March snow storm. At least, nice try! :) We wrote also a diary (in Czech).
MANASLU, NEPAL, 2022
My second attempt of climbing Manaslu (8163 m a.s.l.) without a supporting oxygen with Honza Tráva. What an experience!
AMA DABLAM, NEPAL, 2019
For the most challenging Himalayan expedition so far. With Honza Tráva and his absolutely stunning team I spend absolutely epic weeks at the most beautiful mountain of the World!
ICELAND, 2019
I was absolutely amazed with the chance to make some filming with my friends from Srdcaři during 2019 fall at Iceland! While filming a new documentary series “Srdcaři na severu” for TV Prima, I used to have great time with Miroslav Náplava, Petr Horký & Ondra Hošek. We were travelling with MAN truck adopted for the expeditions (called MANka) and did numerous timelapses, dron flying and bathing in the hot springs…! I have to come back soon! :)
AWESOME EVENINGS, 2012
Here are some timelapse videos of the sunsets in 2012. I think, this was really worth of personal experience :-)
GREENLAND, 2012
Greenland trail was my ultimate life experience. Three friends. Three weeks. Destination arctic circle! Simply: AWESOME!
BOHEMIAN SWITZERLAND, 2007 - 2012
I came to this absolutely awesome country for the first time in the spring 2007. Just to visit my friend Michal living there for almost all his life. We spent some great days in the rocks and it was clear I have to come again. And again. Finally, in 2009 I get a local position: as a lector of the photography workshops. Since this time I teach about 6 workshops every year there. I completely fall in love with this landscape and found it to be the right place to spend some weekend whenever possible.
More of my shots from this great nature you can see in the slideshow below :-)
LAKE BAIKAL - the jewel of Siberia, 2010
The oldest. The deepest. The most massive. All these characteristics apply to the famous Siberian Lake Baikal, which its residents call a freshwater sea.
Visiting the Baikal Lake, was one of the most impressive experience I have ever had in my life. We came there during the Indian summer 2010, as this is supposed to be the best period to visit Siberia - the number of mosquitoes is significantly lower than during the hot summer time (but they are still very, very annoying), most of the other hikers are usually gone and the weather is still nice.
The northeast coast has one striking feature: the sunsets are usually much more interesting than the sunrises as you can see the sun on the lake’s western shore. However, some of the most impressive photography of dawns and morning light I have experienced in my life were on the Frolikha Lake, which is about 8 km from the very beautiful Ayaya bay, on Lake Baikal’s east coast. It is a charming, calm, deep and highly transparent glacial lake, surrounded by high hills. I am quite sure that this is one of the best photographic locations in all of Russia. By the way, in the language of the old Evenks, people living here in the past, Ayaya means very beautiful”. And it is.
