By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Just decided to take pictures of what I see daily on the way to my job place and back home.
By bolot | Published:
November 27, 2008
Last December Shaun Walker, The Independent’s Moscow-based correspondent, wrote a great feature story about Yakutsk. He depicted how locals managed to live in the city that reminded more as a Siberian freezer. I gave him some support while he was in Yakutsk. Then he sent me his photographs attached to the mentioned story and gave [...]
Posted in Answers, Editorial, Locations, Photo, Social, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Coldest City, Independent, life, Photo, Shaun Walker, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 20, 2008
“Next January I will come in Yakutia. I will stay 2 days in Yakutsk then I’ll go to Oymyakon by a long-distance taxi (where does this taxi start?). To come back is it possible to fly from ust nera to yakutsk? You know aircompany and cost of ticket?” asked a weblog visitor.
Posted in Locations, Services, Travel | Also tagged car, flight, Kolyma Highway, long distance taxi, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, rates, schedule, Travel, Ust Nera, 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, Verkhoyansky, Video, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
November 6, 2008
What was the first diamond mine in Yakutia? What is the biggest hole we see often in pictures of Mirny? Certainly, it is the MIR Diamond Pipe. Read further to learn about the biggest hole in the world.
By bolot | Published:
October 28, 2008
Just wanna let you know about the existence of the national tour operator “Yakutia” that has all rights to sell Yakuia-based tours directly.
Posted in Answers, Services, Travel | Also tagged Cold, Coldest City, company, Editorial, Expedition, Khandyga, Kolyma, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, Oymyakon, PlanetYakutia, tourism, Travel, weblog, Winter Exotica, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 27, 2008
Kolyma Road in winter is in perfect condition. However, in mountain area, especially, it is highly recommended to be all eyes, drive slowly, watch ahead to see if there are cars coming towards you, in order to escape the situation when two cars meet each other in the narrowest way over a cliff and cannot [...]
Posted in Answers, Photo, Travel | Also tagged car, Khandyga, Kolyma Highway, Magadan, mountain, Oymyakon, Photo, Pole of Cold, roads, Tomtor, Travel, Yakutsk |
By bolot | Published:
October 2, 2008
Winter roads 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.
By bolot | Published:
September 23, 2008
Click the link “more” to see how driving at streets of Yakutsk looks like in winter. The video was shot in December 2005.
By bolot | Published:
September 21, 2008
Verkhoyansk is located 650 km north-east of Yakutsk, in the basin of the Yana river and its distributies – the Batagay, the Adycha, the Dulgalakh, the Sartan.
Posted in Answers, Locations, Travel | Also tagged airlines, car, flight, Kihilyakh, mountain, Oymyakon, Pole of Cold, rates, roads, schedule, Travel, Verkhoyansk |
