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, Siberia, taxi, tourism, Travel, trekking, Ust Nera, 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, Siberia, tourism, Travel, 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, Siberia, taxi, the Lena river, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Ust Nera, 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, Siberia, Tomtor, Travel, Ust Nera, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
August 29, 2009
Thanks to my writing about Yakutia for international readers, I have a unique opportunity to communicate with very interesting people. One of them is Rob Lilwall, a travel cyclist of London. Five years ago, he decided to embark on the journey of his life.
Bored of his work as a geography teacher in England, Rob [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel, Video | Also tagged adventure, Aldan River, bicycle, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, mountain, mountain bicycle, Photo, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, roads, Siberia, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 26, 2009
If you have been thinking about hunting in Yakutia in autumn, check out the pictures of what it can be.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo | Also tagged Cold, hunt, hunting, Kolyma Highway, mountain, Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Ulus, Photo, roads, snow, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Yakutia, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
August 26, 2009
That’s great news. Czech OFF SIBERIA adventure motorcyclists Tomáš Holman and Eva Krečová, who are traveling across Russia on one BMW bike, allowed me to post their travel photos taken on the Road of Bones this summer. They rode from Yakutsk to Magadan via the old route Kyubeme – Tomtor – Kadykchan (Magadan Oblast).
In a [...]
Posted in Answers, Locations, Photo, Travel | Also tagged adventure, bike, biker, BMW, bridge, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Kyubeme, Magadan, motorcycle, mountain, Photo, Pole of Cold, river, Road of Bones, roads, summer, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, 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, Pole of Cold, roads, Tomtor, Travel, 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, Pole of Cold, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 15, 2008
Oymyakon weather info you may see in the right sidebar of the website. To learn what’s going on now in the Oymyakonsky region, especially in mountain area follow the link “More” and see new photographs taken in the early October 2008.