By bolot | Published:
December 8, 2008
Yeee, we are in the midst of intensely cold weather. December is prominent here for minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40F). The first day with registered -40C was December 5, 2008. Praise God, there were no strong winds, otherwise we couldn’t stand it.
By bolot | Published:
December 7, 2008
Real winter arrived in Yakutsk. Fog, cold, slow driving became a part of our daily life. Watch the 30-sec video shot on Dec. 7, 2008. That’s the view on the intersection from my window.
By bolot | Published:
December 2, 2008
Today I was interviewed by a RussiaToday TV Channel reporter. The channel has the program “Russia Close-Up”. It’s a unique series on RT, travelling to hard-to-reach places, revealing the answers to your questions. Last 20 days a RT team was travelling across the region and has aired many videos. Some of them are available on [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, General, Locations, Travel, Video | Tagged car, Coldest City, Editorial, ethnography, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, population, roads, RussiaToday, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Just decided to take pictures of what I see daily on the way to my job place and back home.
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Further, please, find the list of distances between republic’s towns and Yakutsk:
Posted in Answers, Travel | Tagged Aldan, car, Coldest City, Lensk, Mirny, Nerungri, Nurba, Olekminsk, Pokrovsk, roads, Srednekolymsk, taxi, Tommot, tourism, Travel, Udachny, Verkhoyansk, Viluisk, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Stumbled upon an amazing blog. Her owner is Susan Hicks, an American researcher. She is conducting research for her PhD dissertation in cultural anthropology in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, where she has been living since January, 2008.
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Last December Shaun Walker, The Independent’s Moscow-based correspondent, wrote a great feature story about Yakutsk. He depicted how locals managed to live in the city that reminded more as a Siberian freezer. I gave him some support while he was in Yakutsk. Then he sent me his photographs attached to the mentioned story and gave [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Photo, Social, Travel | Tagged Cold, Coldest City, Independent, life, Photo, Shaun Walker, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 26, 2008
PROFILE: Ayaal I. Stepanov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
By bolot | Published:
November 26, 2008
PROFILE: Yuri S. Koupriyanov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
By bolot | Published:
November 26, 2008
PROFILE: Galina I. Danchikova, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
