TRAVEL – EXPLORE – LEARN
On reaching the end of the passenger line, 48 hours or so after leaving Moscow, the train finally stops at Labytnangi station, on the west bank of the mighty Ob River. Across the river, more than a mile wide at this point, lies the city of Salekhard, capital of the so-called Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, which is home to Russia’s biggest gas fields.
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The so-called ‘Pole of Cold’ in Yakutia is officially the coldest inhabited place on Earth. Surprisingly it’s significantly colder than even the North Pole!
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Spitsbergen is one of the best places in the world to see polar bears. According to tourist legend, there are more polar bears than people on Spitsbergen, although this is not strictly true…
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The practice of throat singing is said to have originated in a contest between rural herdsmen to see how far could get voices to carry through valleys, which has since developed into an annually held competition in Tuva.
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Perhaps the apex of intense exploration, Antarctica represented the most trying and brutal of conditions for explorers, which made it an enticing yet dangerous proposition for a number of major historical figures.
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