Video: When it is below - 40C. Yakutsk, Dec. 2008

By bolot | Dec 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.

Video Reports: The struggle against the cold

By bolot | Dec 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 [...]

Video: Rafting in Yakutia, the Khandyga river

By bolot | Nov 18, 2008

Drive the Road of Bones, reach the Verkhoyansky range and embark on breath-taking rafting.

Yakutia Info in Short + Video

By bolot | Nov 16, 2008

The territory of Yakutia occupies northeastern part of Asian continent, stretching 2,000 km from north to south, and 2,500 km from west to east. Its area of 3,102 thousand sq km makes 1/5 of Russia, or almost 2/3 of Western Europe’s area. More than 40 percent of Yakutia’s territory lies above the Arctic Circle. It [...]

Coldest place on the earth in Sibiria

By bolot | Nov 13, 2008

Might want to watch a Brit reportage from Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Here is the video to stream.

Winter driving in Yakutsk

By bolot | Sep 23, 2008

Click the link “more” to see how driving at streets of Yakutsk looks like in winter. The video was shot in December 2005.

Do you feel the EURO 2008 fever in Yakutsk?

By admin | Jun 24, 2008

As never before. We live by EURO 2008. Due to time difference (7 hours), we watch matches live broadcasting late at night, at 2 am and 4 am. Praise God, we have white nights in June.

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