Tag Archives: Verkhoyansky

2010 Sakha Travel: New contacts in Sangar & Verkhoyansk

By bolot | Published: April 11, 2010

Good news to all travelers, who are interested in Sangar (the Kobyajsky region) and Verkhoyansk. I visited the 2010 Sakha Travel Exhibition held at Polar Hotel in Yakutsk on April 9-10, 2010. Finally, I acquainted with travel enthusiasts from those places. You can see them in the photographs.
The Kobyajsky region is famous for its [...]

Posted in Answers, Editorial, Events, Photo, Travel | Also tagged Aurora Borealis, Batagai, Cold, contact, Editorial, event, exhibition, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, Sangar, Siberia, summer, the Lena river, tourism, Travel, Verkhoyansk, winter, Winter Exotica, Yakutia, Yakutsk | Comments closed

Trekking & Climbing: Burustakh – Pobeda Peak – Sasyr – Khonuu

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 | Comments closed

Video: Driving the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) in winter

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 | Comments closed

Matt George’s travel report: From Yakutsk to Magadan via Oymyakon and Ust Nera by a taxi

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 | Comments closed

Map of GULAGs on the Road of Bones, Oymyakonsky region/Yakutia

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 | Comments closed

Cycling home from Siberia or How to survive on the Road of Bones in winter

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 | Comments closed

Photo Report: Hunting in Yakutia in autumn

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 | Comments closed

2009 Photo Report: The old route of the Kolyma Highway (Road of Bones) by Czech OFF SIBERIA motorcyclists

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 | Comments closed

Coldest place on the earth in Sibiria

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 | Comments closed

Photo Report: 2008 Yakutsk – Magadan Expedition

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 | Comments closed

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