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Spring Flood on the Kolyma River. Srednekolymsk under Water [photos]

Bolot — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:44:35 +0000

The spring is the most expected season during the winter in Yakutia. When it comes, it brings a great joy, as it gets warmer, snow melts, ice starts floating on rivers. A spectacular nature event, but…

The spring brings disasters as well. They happen to be devastating and hundreds of private houses and households go under water. This weekend the disaster came to the town of Srednekolymsk (population: 3500 people) situated on the west bank of the Kolyma River in North-East Yakutia, Siberia / Russia.

The ice jam occured on the river (see the photo further) and the level of water raised dramatically and the most part of the town went under water. At least, 1000 inhabitants were evacuated by the Russian Emergency Ministry yesterday, May 21st, 2012.

Ice jam on the Kolyma River. The arrow shows the location. Srednedkolymsk is on the right side.

Srednekolymsk residents, Ivan Shadrin, Masha Galitskaya & Lyuba Konstantinova, keep reporting and uploading photographs from the flood site on the Russian social website VK.com.

See what’s happing up there in Kolyma, East-North Yakutia, Siberia / Russia.

Today, the level of water in Srednekolymsk is reported to be getting lower.Similar Posts:

Ice floating on the Lena River in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia [video]

Bolot — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:31:41 +0000

That’s what we are going to have in a month! Thanks to the Yakutsk-based talented cameraman Arian Ivanov, we can see how ice was floating on the Lena River on May 18-19, 2011.

A pretty amazing nature event! We enjoy it every spring from high banks of the Lena River in my area called the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia’s North-East Siberia & Far East.

The video was done on Tabaga Cape, a few km south off Yakutsk, Russia.

Hooray! Summer is at hand. Meanwhile, we’ve got awesome spring. See more post related to Spring in Yakutia and the Lena River.Similar Posts:

Photo of the Day: This morning’s snow storm in Yakutsk, Russia.

Bolot — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:35:35 +0000

Snow storm in Yakutsk, Russia. April 17, 2012. Photo by Ajar Varlamov.

Yes, it’s April and this is a controversial spring in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia. A couple of days ago, there waw no snow in the city, it melted and left much mud and puddles after. Today snow got back in a great amount. Cool!

See what we had in previous years:
- Video: Snow fall on May 3rd, 2011.
- Slideshow: Snowstorm on April 26, 2010.

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-47 degrees Centigrade right now in Yakutsk, Yakutia / Russia

Bolot — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:18:38 +0000

This photo I took a few minutes ago. I was about to upload it on my twitter account @yakutia, but suddenly my curiosity forced me to check the current weather and got stunned at what I saw…

Found out the current temp was -47C. Expected to see -40 or -42. Thick fog happens to appear when it’s below minus forty. Ok. Whatever. Cold winter weather in any case.

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Yakutian cows lost and survived in the Siberian taiga and… got back home

Bolot — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:26:55 +0000

Survived young Yakutian cows in North Yakutia, Siberia / Russia. Photo from SakhaPress.ru

These three poorly-looking young Yakutian cows are big news in Russia. No kidding. They were lost in the autumn near the settlement of Sakkyryr in Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of North Yakutia, Russia, and managed to survive in taiga in extremely cold weather and got back home alive.

Here is the story.

Local farmers report that there had been six two-year-old Yakutian cows lost in the late autumn. They assumed that animals could die, especially after the arrival of the harsh minus-forty-degrees-centigrade frost, and stopped searching the lost cattle.

Just imagine how they were astonished, when seeing three of cows returned to the farm.

Experts say that in the autumn animals crossed the river near Sakkyryr and, when rains started pouring and the river was filled with high waters, they got isolated.

Instead of trying to swim and get drown, cloven-hoofed ones went into the nearest taiga and spent there all the time untill the river got finally covered with thick ice.

Three other cows have died. One of them was torn by wolves. How could the returned ones manage to survive in cold weather conditions? Was it enough for them to eat old grasses, twigs, and barks?

Local farmers say that Yakutian cows are very special and naturally adopted to harsh conditions.

Learn more about specifics of Yakutian cows in my previous post.Similar Posts:

-42C in Yakutsk today. Real cold winter arrived in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia [photos]

Bolot — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:04:40 +0000

This morning we had -42C in Yakutsk, Yakutia, Siberia / Russia. At last, real winter arrived.

See today’s photographs of the extreme cold winter… and stay tuned, as the day is not over yet. More pictures are coming.

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Extreme cold hunting journey in Oymyakon, Siberia / Russia. With reindeer sleds [photos]

Bolot — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:44:47 +0000

A friend of mine, Vyacheslav Ipatiev, who is the founder and CEO of YakutiaTravel LLC, has developed a new unique route for extreme cold hunters.

He gives a chance to embark an adventure journey on reindeer sleds across the Valley of Oymyakon, one of the coldest parts of Yakutia, Siberia / Russia.

10-day sledding in the Siberian extreme cold weather. From the village of Uchugey to the village of Oymyakon. The temp is as low as -55 C or even less. And, yeah, night spending in nomads’ sleeping bags in nomads’ tents. In short, it’s the coolest expedition experience!

Cold hunting trip description is available here.

See more cold adventure pictures…

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Yakutia in a 5-min video presentation. W/ subtitles in three languages

Bolot — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:46:17 +0000

This is a 5-min video about Yakutia!

Its creators tried to do the impossible… to show all images of the vast diverse region called Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Think, they succeeded, but, frankly, such a hard mission won’t be possible to do ever.

No more words! Watch Yakutia!Similar Posts:

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Winter Start in Yakutsk, Yakutia, Siberia/Russia. October 2011 [photos+videos]

Bolot — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:50:43 +0000

Today, October 27, 2011:

October 26, 2011:

October is a very controversial month in terms of weather. On October 1st of the current year, Yakutsk had intensive snowing. We could say, Oh, winter arrived, but it might sound as a big delusion. In a few days, snow melted and the golden autumn got back and, moreover, it returned with summer-like rains.

This week was also crazy. On Monday and Tuesday, it was above zero. Today, Thursday, it’s already -17C and yesterday -3C with real winter blizzard. Do you think it is the climate change effect? Actually not. Usual October. Though many say winter came late this year.

No more words. Keep watching this year’s winter start in progress. I put all my pics together in the reverse chronology so you could feel the difference or its absence. Photographs were mainly done by different mobile cameras and shared @yakutia on Twitter and on my personal fb page.

October 26, 2011:

October 25, 2011:

October 22, 2011:

October 20, 2011:

October 16, 2011:

October 14, 2011:

October 13, 2011:

October 12, 2011:

October 11, 2011:

October 09, 2011:

October 05, 2011:

October 01, 2011:

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Snow Cover Day in Yakutsk, Russia. Oct. 14th, 2011. Photos, video, weather signs.

Bolot — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:11:43 +0000

Yesterday we had the so-called Pokrova Day, an Orthodox sacred holiday celebrated annually on October 14th. Learn more about celebration history background on wiki.

Do we celebrate the Pokrova Day? Well, Orthodox church goers do, but others not really. But that’s not the point. This day is remarkable for proverbial signs. This day is believed to show what type of the upcoming winter would be.

In my turn, I prefer this day as Snow Cover Day

Further, please, learn signs, watch a video and browse through 20+ snowy photographs.

Snow Weather Video

Winter Weather Prediction Signs

If cranes flew away by the Pokrova Day, the winter would come early. If it is frosty and snowy, the whole winter would be cold and sever. If the wind is blowing from the North, the winter should be cold. If from the South, warm. If from the West, snowy. If from different directions, changable. If the early snowfall happened before the Porkova Day, the winter must start later.

So, we had snowstorms before yesterday. October 14th was a warm day, but with the chilly wind from the South by the lunch time and no winds in the evening.

So, what type of winter are we going to have ahead? Cold definitely

Frankly, I don’t believe in those signs, as they were originated in West Russia with mild winter, they might be true over there, but not here in a remote Siberian region. Though let’s see.

Snowy Winter Photographs

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