By bolot | Published:
February 3, 2009
Received a request from a traveller of Croatia: “I am interesting about the road condition in the winter. I mean main road from Yakutsk to Moscow and Vladivostok. Are there any traffic? How about supply, trucks…? Is it possible to go from Moscow to Yakutsk by regular car or 4×4?”
By bolot | Published:
January 19, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Answers, Culture, Editorial, Events, Locations, Photo | Also tagged Coldest City, Epiphany, event, extreme, ice-hole, Orthodox Church, Photo, swimming, the Lena river, Travel, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
January 19, 2009
“Yakutsk, Cherrapunji, Hammerfest, La Paz… these are the cities that top the charts. They struggle doggedly against the toughest environmental conditions on our planet to provide their populations with an acceptable level of existence. These cities persist and continue flourishing in places where normally only traditional villages would be expected to survive…”
That’s how the [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Video | Also tagged car, Cold, Coldest City, documentary, extreme, life, Travel, Video, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
January 12, 2009
Another portion of questions regarding Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, I received from a Hungarian journalist, who was also wondering how people could live in such extreme weather conditions.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Services, Social, Travel | Also tagged car, life, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, roads, Travel, weather, Winter Exotica |
By bolot | Published:
January 2, 2009
Accepted a lot of questions from Marie, of windy Chicago. Three dozens, maybe. All of them about Yakutsk and its dwellers’ way of life in the winter. I had two attempts to answer and, sorry, made Marie waiting for the reply a few days, because I was sick and busy later.
By bolot | Published:
December 14, 2008
It’s now, actually. If to be more accurate, the best period for such visits is from the midth of December till the end of January. It is the very time to feel -50°C and less even in Yakutsk. Check out the table and my recent photographs.
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, Pole of Cold, Road of Bones, Travel, Winter Exotica, Yakutia |
By bolot | Published:
December 8, 2008
Yeee, we are in the midst of intensely cold weather. December is prominent here for minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40F). The first day with registered -40C was December 5, 2008. Praise God, there were no strong winds, otherwise we couldn’t stand it.
By bolot | Published:
December 7, 2008
Real winter arrived in Yakutsk. Fog, cold, slow driving became a part of our daily life. Watch the 30-sec video shot on Dec. 7, 2008. That’s the view on the intersection from my window.
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, Pole of Cold, population, roads, RussiaToday, Tomtor, tourism, Travel, Video, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
