By bolot | Published:
December 11, 2008
We, I and other Yakutians, are often asked about Oymyakon. The last time we forwarded received questions to a local resident. His name is Nikolay N. Krivoshapkin, 50-year-old driver, who was born, grew up and live the whole life in Oymyakon. Nikolay tried to describe what life in the coldest place on Earth looks like. [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Social, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Kolyma Highway, life, Oymyakon, Road of Bones, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
December 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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, General, Locations, Travel, Video | Also tagged car, Coldest City, Editorial, ethnography, Oymyakon, population, roads, RussiaToday, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Stumbled upon an amazing blog. Her owner is Susan Hicks, an American researcher. She is conducting research for her PhD dissertation in cultural anthropology in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, where she has been living since January, 2008.
By bolot | Published:
November 20, 2008
“Next January I will come in Yakutia. I will stay 2 days in Yakutsk then I’ll go to Oymyakon by a long-distance taxi (where does this taxi start?). To come back is it possible to fly from ust nera to yakutsk? You know aircompany and cost of ticket?” asked a weblog visitor.
Posted in Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, flight, Kolyma Highway, long distance taxi, Oymyakon, rates, schedule, Travel, Ust Nera, winter, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 13, 2008
Might want to watch a Brit reportage from Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Here is the video to stream.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel, Video | Also tagged car, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 12, 2008
Route: Yakutsk – the Road of Bones – Magadan. Arranged in August 2008. Three vehicles (Niva, Safari, ZIL truck) participated. Photo by Kallamish.
Posted in Answers, Photo, Travel | Also tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Photo, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 10, 2008
“I would like to know of the most recent travel condition reports on the Road of Bones in the summer. What is the best recommended itinerary and what settlements or towns does one pass. How are the bridges, when are the rivers at their lowest point? There is some information on your site but still [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Churapcha, Khandyga, Kolyma, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, roads, summer, the Lena river, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 31, 2008
A good opportunity is offered to people who want to celebrate New Year in a very extraordinary way. The Pole of Cold is ready to accept brave ladies and gentlements unafraid of ultimately extreme cold. Have you ever celebrated the New Year, when it is around -50C (-58F) outside? Not yet. Just try.
Posted in Answers, Services, Travel | Also tagged contact, event, Expedition, flight, holiday, Kolyma, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, PlanetYakutia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 27, 2008
Kolyma 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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Photo, Travel | Also tagged car, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, roads, Tomtor, Travel, winter, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 18, 2008
Actually, Lake Labynkyr is easy to find but hard to reach.
