Happy New Year !!!
Comments OffWish you bright warm days all the year round, your dreams come true, health, prosperity and happiness not leaving your beloved and you!
The best period to visit Yakutia and experience extreme cold?
Comments OffIt’s now, actually. If to be more accurate, the best period for such visits is from the midth of December till the end of January. It is the very time to feel -50°C and less even in Yakutsk. Check out the table and my recent photographs.
Photo Report: Another Day in Yakutsk, December 2008
Comments OffYeee, 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.
Photo Report: One Day in Yakutsk
Comments OffJust decided to take pictures of what I see daily on the way to my job place and back home.
Photo Report: The Coldest City on the Earth
Comments OffLast 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 [...]
Photo Report: 2008 Yakutsk - Magadan Expedition
Comments OffRoute: Yakutsk - the Road of Bones - Magadan. Arranged in August 2008. Three vehicles (Niva, Safari, ZIL truck) participated. Photo by Kallamish.
MIR Diamond Pipe - Mirny
Comments OffWhat was the first diamond mine in Yakutia? What is the biggest hole we see often in pictures of Mirny? Certainly, it is the MIR Diamond Pipe. Read further to learn about the biggest hole in the world.
Yakutsk Hotels
Comments OffMajor hotels in Yakutsk. Locate hotels with maps by Karta.Ykt.ru
How to drive Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones) in winter?
Comments OffKolyma Road in winter is in perfect condition. However, in mountain area, especially, it is highly recommended to be all eyes, drive slowly, watch ahead to see if there are cars coming towards you, in order to escape the situation when two cars meet each other in the narrowest way over a cliff and cannot [...]
How is it now in Oymyakon?
Comments OffOymyakon weather info you may see in the right sidebar of the website. To learn what’s going on now in the Oymyakonsky region, especially in mountain area follow the link “More” and see new photographs taken in the early October 2008.




