By bolot | Published:
March 12, 2010
Yakutsk Permafrost Institute with its underground laboratory in the form of tunnel is a sort of a must-to-see sight in the capital of Siberia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is the most visited by international guests.
The last year before The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit it became a real Mecca to international journalists, who wanted [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Locations | Also tagged climate changes, global warming, permafrost, Permafrost Institute, Photo, Russia, science, Viktor Shepelev, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
March 3, 2010
An Austrian traveler Hannes, who visited Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, this past January, was so impressed with the Yakut folk music that he asked me to provide him links to online resources, where he could download mp3 files with Yakut songs and music or purchase CDs or mp3 files somewhere on the web.
By the [...]
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.
I [...]
Posted in Answers | Also tagged airlines, car, climbing, Expedition, flight, hiking, Kolyma Highway, Moma River, Momsky National Park, mountain, Pobeda Peak, rafting, Road of Bones, roads, schedule, taxi, tourism, Travel, trekking, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 24, 2010
See how frozen carcass reindeer meat will be cut into small pieces. Photos and video were done by Artem Petukhov and Katya Ipatieva (they stand behind the Adventure in Yakutia blog http://adv.yktv.ru, in Russian) specially for eYakutia.com . Thanks, guys.
Yeah, we, Yakutians, love meat. We eat them a lot. To save money, we usually buy [...]
Posted in Answers, General, Photo, Travel, Video | Also tagged Cold, Coldest City, meat, Photo, reindeer meat, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 24, 2010
Marat Zalyalov, a local mountain cyclist, gave quick tips to an Italian biker Dan, who had written to me as follows:
“Your site is really useful, but I didn’t find anything about cycling… So hope you could help me… I’m used to travel by bicycle in hard conditions, and your country looks amazing… Questions: what do [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged bicycle, bike, Cold, cycl, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 20, 2010
Received a request from Jenanne, a Scotland University of Aberdeen PhD Student. Her major is Social Anthropology, so all her questions sounded accordingly. Mainly she wondered how popular the Sakha (Yakut) language was on the Internet. I said I had a friend of mine, who’s hobby was to write in his native language everything and [...]
Posted in Answers, Culture, General, History, Science, Social | Also tagged anthropology, Culture, dictionary, Internet, language, online, Sakha, Yakut, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel, Video | Also tagged car, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansky, Video, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
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 [...]
Posted in Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, life, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, rates, Road of Bones, roads, taxi, the Lena river, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
February 11, 2010
GULAGs researcher always asked me whether I had a map of GULAGs located on Siberia’s famous Road of Bones. I answered that I didn’t have. Now I have it on the blog.
The Road of Bones is the part of the Kolyma Highway constructed by GULAGs prisoners between Khandyga and Magadan in Stalin’s time. Many innocent [...]
Posted in Answers, History, Locations, Photo | Also tagged history, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, maps, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Verkhoyansky, Yakutia |
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged car, Coldest City, Nerungri, Oymyakon, roads, taxi, tourism, Travel, winter, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
