Currently viewing the tag: "Chukotka"
What do we know about the Chukchi (Chukchee) of Chukotka? It is a brave nation originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea. Preserve traditional way of life and activity like reindeer herders and whaling.
Full article →Nadezhda Dog Sledding Races in Chukotka, Russia
April 26, 2011 by admin
Nadezhda is one of the biggest dog sledding races in Russia’s Chukotka. Takes place annually in April. Lasts 2 weeks. Total distance is 1114 km across ice- and snow-hummocks. It is “the race on the edge of the Earth.”
Full article →Recent Posts
- Mammoth museum in an ice cave in Khatanga, Russia. The biggest collection of mammoth remains in the permafrost
- Fascinating aerial photos of Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberia / Russia
- Kodar Mountain Range in Zabaykalsky (Transbaikalia) Krai, Russia
- Lake Lama near Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Mosquitoes Paradise in the Arctic of Russia’s Siberia
Popular Posts
- Norilsk, the Siberian city of ghost workers
- Active volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia. Shiveluch, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Bezymianny, Tolbachik
- Mosquitoes Paradise in the Arctic of Russia's Siberia
- The Amur River & Lakes in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
- The Chukchi people of the Chukchi Sea, the nation of reindeer herders and whale hunters
- Kodar Mountain Range in Zabaykalsky (Transbaikalia) Krai, Russia
- Fascinating aerial photos of Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberia / Russia
Where is Siberia?
“Officially, there is no such place as Siberia. No political or territorial entity has Siberia as its name. In atlases, the word 'Siberia' hovers across the northern third of Asia unconnected to any place in particular, as if designating a zone or a condition…" - Ian Frazier.
Located in Russia between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.Sponsored
Best books about Siberia
Tags
Akkem River Altai Mountains Arctic autumn Barnaul Chukotka cold weather dog sledding harness driving holidays horse riding trekking horses horse trek hot springs Irkutsk Khuzhir Klyuchevskaya Sopka Krasnoyarsk Lake Baikal Lena River live webcams news New Year New Year tree Nikita Bencharov Norilsk Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Airport Olkhon Island reindeer Russian troika stalagmite summer Taimyr Peninsula travel tree trekking Tyumen Tyungur volcano winter world record Yakut laika Yakutsk Yenisey River