It happened for the forth time. Since 2006 on the Day of Epiphany the Orthodox Church in cooperation with the Russian Emergency Service arranges the swimming in a ice-hole on the Lena River. This year was not exclusion and what is more this time it was the most ever visited event. People, who wished to clear from sins by dipping three times in blessed waters, should stand in long line. Outside temperature was -26C – 32C, but river water was warm, about +6C.
See the photographs taken at 9.00 pm on Jan. 19, 2009. Read more…
“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 difficult to figure out. Where does one obtain maps for the region?” a blog visitor, of Belgium, asked. Read more…
Winter roads (zimnik as we say in Russian) are the roads that exist only in winter and run on iced rivers. Further, please, find Michael Zakharov’s photographs of a winter road leading to the Kobyaiksy ulus/district from Yakutsk by the Lena River. Read more…
Ecologists! They sent me a release and a few info to post. Further, please, find them. Read more…
Well, it is necessary to define what people are meant in the question. There are people who support East Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline construction and there are ones with objections. Read more…
Q: Where can I find out when there are boats up the Lena River to Yakutsk? Where do they start from – Ust Kut? Is there somewhere I can find a schedule online? Read more…
