By bolot | Published:
November 30, 2009
The following post can give answers to many questions regarding Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold in Siberia. The author of the post is Jordi Marqui, a Catalonian cold weather enthusiast, who has its own WP blog AmazingSnow. The article was initially published on my partner blog ColdUnited.com. Thanks, Jordi!
Talking about Ojmjakon involves talking about the [...]
By bolot | Published:
November 28, 2009
Once I published long-distance taxi rates that can be taken into consideration while traveling within Yakutia. But I’ve never written a post about pecularities of using such a ground transport, precisely about advantages and disadvantages of going from Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) by taxi.
This time I decided to [...]
Posted in Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 3, 2009
In March 2007, a few friends of mine, Yakutsk-based adventure cyclists, Marat, Maverick & Scorpion (don’t know why, but they call each others by nicks), traveled from Yakutsk to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. A funny thing. They documented the expedition pretty good. They’ve got a lot of high resolutions photographs, perfect videos and… Since [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel, Video | Also tagged bicycle, bike, Cold, cycl, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 25, 2009
Often asked about the tour to the Pole of Cold, Oymyakon. All the time the question sounds different. Some is interested in transfer rates, others in hotel rates, third persons are just wondering what to do and see in the Pole of Cold. So I decided why not just give away the description of the [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, rates, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, taxi, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 22, 2009
Yeah, I am pretty much happy to present the list of useful stuff to bring along while traveling on bikes across Russia’s Siberia and Far East. The list was compiled, used and provided by Czech motorcyclists Eva Krečová and Tomáš Holman (the FB fan page OFF Siberia … ОФФ Сибирь Project), who, by the way, [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged bike, biker, checklist, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, motorcycle, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
October 15, 2009
Why not celebrate the New Year in Yakutia?! You will be surrounded with the extreme cold and real Yakutian hospitality. The Siberian winter is fun and worth to try it! Don’t you think so?
By the way, this is the first time, when I realized what a wonderful New Year we have here, on the coldest [...]
Posted in Editorial, Locations, Travel, Video | Also tagged Coldest City, Culture, life, Travel, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 9, 2009
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Just wondering… Will the blog visitors, who love travelling and free downloading at the same time, be enough grateful for what I am going to do now? Damn, I am really up to let the world download the Kolyma Highway travel map for free.
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, Churapcha, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, maps, Oymyakon, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera |
By bolot | Published:
September 23, 2009
Frankly saying, this week I thought “Well, on the next Monday we are promised to see the first snowfall in Yakutsk. Winter is really at the hand. It’s time to think about the cold.” Besides, I noted that, according to the latest Google Analytics statistics, Oymyakon, the so-called Pole of Cold, became one of the [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
September 20, 2009
I found this question in the list of keywords that have brought some traffic to my weblog, and I recalled Nick Middleton, an Oxford geography lecturer and the creator of the four-series TV show “Going to Extremes.” The first part, btw, depicted his travel to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. While staying in the village, [...]
Posted in Answers, General, History, Locations, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Expedition, Kolyma Highway, life, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, Siberia, Tomtor, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
September 18, 2009
I digged a nice story made by the BBC correspondent Bridget Kendall. It’s about Yakutia. She shares with her short impression on the region.
“Climate change is having an impact in the vast and remote region of Yakutia in Siberia which, in winter at least, is still the coldest place on earth. Bridget Kendall reports.”
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Coldest City, Culture, life, Oymyakon, Siberia, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
