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Trekking & Climbing: Burustakh – Pobeda Peak – Sasyr – Khonuu

By bolot | Published: February 26, 2010

Another request came from Polish mountaineers, Maciek and Kasia. This upcoming summer they decided to trek across the whole Momsky National Park. Accordingly they asked questions as many as possible. Mainly on the route Burustakh (a settlement on the Road of Bones) – Pobeda Peak – the village of Sasyr – the village of Khonuu.
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Video: Driving the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) in winter

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.

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Matt George’s travel report: From Yakutsk to Magadan via Oymyakon and Ust Nera by a taxi

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 [...]

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Matt George’s report: Journey from Neryungri to Yakutsk by a taxi

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 [...]

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Journey to Oymyakon: Today all participants gathered!

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 [...]

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How to get a taxi going to Yakutsk at the Neryungri railroad station?

By bolot | Published: January 11, 2010

As you noted by my announcements, I decided to arrange my friends’ roadtrip from Yakutsk to the Pole of Cold, Oymyakon. So… I was forced to come across some technical questions, like visa, air tickets, car rent, transfers, accommodation, etc. Man, so many things are to be done! Praise God, everything goes smoothly so far. [...]

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Is it dangerous to travel to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold in winter?

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 [...]

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Yakutsk – Magadan: A satellite phone is a must! Or how Norwegians were lost and found on the Road of Bones…

By bolot | Published: December 22, 2009

Today’s top local news is totally dedicted to Norwegian adventure travelers lost allegedly in the Oymyakonsky region by the Embassy of Norway and found by the Russian rescuers. They were okey.

They appeared to be very naive travelers. They thought they would be the first who made it to Magadan by the old route of [...]

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Is there an ice road to the Lena Pillars?

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 [...]

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What are requirements to ice roads?

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 [...]

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