Hannes, many thanks for sharing with the slideshow video, and it’s really great to hear that you liked the the journey to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold.

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Tomas Holman on the bike. Between Tomtor/Yakutia and Magadan, the Road of Bones (the M56 Kolyma Highway). August 2009. Photo by Eva Krecova.

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I have an US-based friend on Facebook. His name is Sid Korn. A few days ago he informed me that he created the slideshow using my pictures of the recent road trip to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. Here it is. Read the rest of this entry…

Yes, we did it. We were in Yakutia’s valley of Oymyakon. Our first morning in the coldest place in Siberia. It was -52C. Pretty good, indeed and felt really good. Watch the video and see what cold air we were breating.

Mario (left) and Oriol (right) are going to Oymyakon and make a 30-min documentary for Channel 5 Spain.

Helping Mario and Orio with their travel to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. They decided to fly to Ust Nera, then to drive south to Oymyakon, where they will stay one week and make footage for the 30-min documentary to show on Channel 5 Spain. The photo was made today on Lenin Ave. in Yakutsk.

Our journey to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, was awesome. It was a sort of a fun road trip with friends. A great adventure! Great impressions! Major sightseeings in Oymyakon are people, their life and extreme cold. So… enjoy the slideshow. The set will be, certainly, extended.

An Italian traveler Marco Vignola. After two-days reindeer sledding in Oymyakon, Pole of Cold. The temp was -52C/-61F.

Reindeer Sledding in Oymyakon, Pole of Cold.

Photo was provided by M. Mestnikov.

The Kolyma Highway (known also as the federal automobile highway ‘Kolyma’ and the Road of Bones) connects Yakutsk and Magadan.

Distance:
- 2032 km (through Ust-Nera)
- 1197 km (by the old roadway via the Pole of Cold).

Item details:

- PDF, 7 pages, A4, 17 Mb.
- In English.
- Available maps for…

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