By bolot | Published:
March 12, 2010
Yakutsk Permafrost Institute with its underground laboratory in the form of tunnel is a sort of a must-to-see sight in the capital of Siberia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is the most visited by international guests.
The last year before The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit it became a real Mecca to international journalists, who wanted [...]
Also posted in Answers, General | Tagged climate changes, global warming, permafrost, Permafrost Institute, Photo, Russia, science, Siberia, Viktor Shepelev, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 24, 2010
Marat Zalyalov, a local mountain cyclist, gave quick tips to an Italian biker Dan, who had written to me as follows:
“Your site is really useful, but I didn’t find anything about cycling… So hope you could help me… I’m used to travel by bicycle in hard conditions, and your country looks amazing… Questions: what do [...]
Also posted in Answers, Travel | Tagged bicycle, bike, Cold, cycl, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 18, 2010
This road was built by the inmates of Gulag camps, most of them were buried along the way. That’s why it’s named the Road of Bones.
Also posted in Answers, Travel, Video | Tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 12, 2010
It is February 11th, 2010. I am sitting in Magadan and have time to reflect on my journey so far. It is GMT+11 here, which means I have travelled pretty much halfway around the World. And all without taking a single flight so far. Unfortunately I have to break the ‘rules’ and take a flight [...]
Also posted in Travel | Tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, life, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, the Lena river, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 11, 2010
GULAGs researcher always asked me whether I had a map of GULAGs located on Siberia’s famous Road of Bones. I answered that I didn’t have. Now I have it on the blog.
The Road of Bones is the part of the Kolyma Highway constructed by GULAGs prisoners between Khandyga and Magadan in Stalin’s time. Many innocent [...]
Also posted in Answers, History, Photo | Tagged history, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, maps, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
February 8, 2010
In a previous post “How to get a taxi going to Yakutsk at the Neryungri railroad station?” I mentioned Matt George, a UK backpacker. This is a guy, who asked me about how to get at the Neryungri railroad station a taxi going to Yakutsk. My answers you can find in the mentioned publication. Here [...]
Also posted in Answers, Travel | Tagged car, Coldest City, Nerungri, Oymyakon, roads, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
January 15, 2010
As far as you know, I decided to organize a road trip to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, from Jan. 17 till Jan. 21 for my friends. Today we, trip participants, gathered and had lunch in Yakutsk at the Chicago Bar.
There were alll of those mentioned in travellers list, including a German photographer Bjorn [...]
Also posted in Editorial, Travel | Tagged car, Cold, Editorial, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 28, 2009
A Jordi, of Catalonia, is asking:
I have been reading the last report about Norwegians’ accident [in Yakutia/Siberia], and I want to ask you something… Is this a recent story? I haven’t found the piece of news relating to this.
Nowadays I know some people who want to make the journey to Oymyakon [the coldest place in [...]
Also posted in Answers, Travel | Tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
December 22, 2009
A few weeks ago I received a question from an UK backpacker, who is coming to Yakutia in January 2010. He asked “Is there an ice road to the Lena Pillars? Is it possible to make it there in January?”
Btw, a request was sent via the Facebook group “Ask-Yakutia-Today,” everyone is welcome to join [...]
Also posted in Answers, Photo, Travel | Tagged car, Cold, ice road, Lena Pillars, maps, Photo, roads, Siberia, the Lena river, Travel, Tumul, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
December 8, 2009
As far as you know, there is no bridge over the Lena River at all. Therefore, to cross the river, locals are forced to use ferryboats from June till October and ice roads in winter, officially from the midst of December till early April.
Late April – May and late October – November are considered [...]
Also posted in Answers, General, Travel | Tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, ice road, Khandyga, roads, schedule, summer, taxi, the Lena river, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
