Video: When it is below - 40C. Yakutsk, Dec. 2008
Comments OffReal 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
Comments OffToday 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
Comments OffDrive the Road of Bones, reach the Verkhoyansky range and embark on breath-taking rafting.
Yakutia Info in Short + Video
Comments OffThe 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
Comments OffMight want to watch a Brit reportage from Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Here is the video to stream.
Winter driving in Yakutsk
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?
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.
