and once the new tires are on and the motors finally to this car is off to the races. ladies and gentlemen start your. capital you could home to the mammoth driving club and when these boys and girls get together they get a rather special sendoff. maybe the size of india but it's below freezing here for at least seven months of the year and less than a million people are spread out over its three million square kilometers of space it's a vast wilderness but it's not for oh dr it's paradise well it might be my very first rally but we're not doing anything because of a larry and i are going to one of the world's most inhospitable places along one of its most infamous roads the pole of cold along the road of bones.

we were heading to. the coldest inhabited place on the planet this small frozen town once recorded the temperature of minus seventy one point two degrees celsius we had a thousand kilometers to go and three days to do it's. the frozen lake. has been making this journey for five years. the most important thing is to be on. speed driving well that doesn't really matter very much. as you arriving ahead of time. as well as for being behind your allotted time we have to follow the legend if it says fifty kilometers an hour we keep to the speed limit of fifty.

because of the treacherous conditions the main aim of the rally is to arrive in one piece and from the first to the last speed. we had around four hundred. times with plenty of time to kill. me through the navigation. direction. to go straight ahead. so if i say. two hundred. two hundred mentis. want to talk. to the right. the speed limit is sixty five.

five hundred. with low empty spaces as far as the eye can see it's tempting to put your foot down for the judges always seems to be just around the corner waiting to check up on you. before next fourteen twenty seven thirty car number twenty the helmets are ok. i can see the first ten racers their helmets and lights are fine. so we've got about one hundred kilometers remaining tonight so that should be about three hours give or take on this road it's obviously very helpful because the military is giving me the expert instruction. assuming we have no unfortunate accident. we might just make it before it gets pitch black out. that's why lights makes this silent road even more eerie and it's hardly surprising because

this is the notorious highway. the prisoners were sent out to. in the late thirty's. this is a manmade road. that's built using spades and. four because of the tough working conditions. many prisoners swell they just couldn't survive and they died on the road. and in those days. they didn't even bury the dead. let the bodies out on the road. just covering them with them with stones. so the bodies stay there forever. that's why they call it the road but. the story. is a sobering experience driving here and i'll move rizzoli improve. when we passed the

checkpoints and the cheering crowds. it was uplifting to think that the locals would stand outside in these bitter temperatures just to cheer result and we soon started playing games to pass the time although i was soon going to wish that i hadn't. but. something beginning with. blake. yeah. i was so sorry for larry. in front. of. how much time we're going to lose.

james. under a. true number twenty seven accident it's come off the road but what hit me but i hope it's going to hope that we're. relatively close to somebody else now come and pull it out. because there's no way i'm getting back up that's not. all realistically. stuff to see if we can prepare it so we get out as quickly as possible with a. stupid who. and where is somebody. teach me.

much of. this should do the trick. with a bit of luck since they can so that money on this. earth . or something like me. take it easy and don't read it up because i will make your books with regard to you. even their rights rights rights. good. girl.

we did but. no thanks to me i. with no brushes with the local wildlife. and a good night's rest. day one has been eventful and we haven't even got to the hard part yes stage two was a five hundred kilometer journey to the town of. through some of you could see his wildest and most breathtaking scenery. the next morning everyone was up early and getting ready to go flags were adjusted and equipment loaded on to the cars. ok let's go. it was time to set off five hours here there's just nothing but you and the landscape.

as. it wasn't long before we stumbled onto a natural oasis. the local school this kluge or warm spring. well in this case it's all relative i suppose. but it's below freezing for almost eight months of the year something as simple as running water is a rare find indeed and when you do stumble upon a little miracle in the middle of the permafrost. you've really got to make the most of it. very refreshing. and it was the

last break we were going to get for a long while because we were about to enter the most dangerous parts of the whole highway. this is the. black clamp black because of the color of the loose shale which always threatens to drop down on your head and clump because your color is literally stuck between a rock and a very nasty drop. be careful because this road is itself really narrow. and then forget the president says roughly one hundred two hundred fifty meters. looks like that's going to be the biggest challenge we're going to face. and a very steep. so ever so slowly we negotiated the black clumps two hundred kilometers. and the fellow

races whipped up the dust all around us. and surprisingly it's ok hours but finally we emerged at the bottom and on the road to the frozen and fascinating town of tom tall. wealthy british style. markets. can find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on our. language of. react to situations

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live live. live live. live . two solid days of driving had taken us from the to the town of tom sawyer just on the edge of the pole of colton. we still had a few hours to kill before our final leg. and i wanted to see more of this frozen rural community. but you do need to keep your wits about you. what are you doing. even children. very very little. and there must bombardment was just too much for one.

more detail to keep telling the court. well the youngsters don't seem to lack for energy but how about the rest of toms or around two thousand people live here in jury one of the hall sister continental climates in the world life certainly seems anything but easy but you know you're dealing with a tough community where ninety nine percent of them don't even have an insulated loo. despite the hardships most of the villages are happy here and playing the summers is one of their favorite pastimes. almost at the most a guy needs to remember this traditional you could instrument called the homeless it's been played for centuries. it's a really interesting thing because it helps you relax and calmed down. when you

play it your main cam in any stressful situation going on. when a person lives in harmony with nature and remains calm and free within themselves then they become very strong. and that means plenty of exercise whatever the weather. ok well i believe what andre was. saying about this even if we it's hard. because he's going to break but i could let it go who. is going to run right into that house. are you going. to just getting started. while i just about

escaped with my nick andre was ready for a fresh ing south. with a newfound respect for the people of. heading back into the center to watch something rather special. we timed to coincide with the area's poll of cold festival and things were just about to get started. with the blessings of the priest ringing in our ears larry and i headed to our trusty toyota for one last effort. so this is it the final stage after our accident we've still got quite a lot of time to make up but i am feeling confident. so today it's tires to the tundra and all of the oil because.

the last leg is a good old fashioned sprint finish. no worries about cliff edges here it's just straight pedal to the metal and home. as we just had forty kilometers to go we weren't going to win but that didn't mean we weren't going to try. to go. twelve o'clock two hundred basis. for thirty metres. because hundred fifty mates is one hundred. fifty metres.

guineas. oh i don't believe it. big. big and exhausting but we made it. we jumped out to wait for all fellow races to finish that time charles. and i went out to check on one of the drive as. you guys congratulations thank you how did you go fantastic feeling. i was a reach. but it was a bit of

a tricky road. to taken in no and it wasn't long before the spine is came out for. completion of the race in one piece but there had been a few hairy moments and i wanted to find out what keeps valarie coming back a year off to you. i got interested in motor vehicles when i was still a kid my dad had a cow and now i repair it with my own hands i love tinkering with cars. there are lots of different kinds of car racing today's was a speed rice which means a whole ton of adrenaline rush honestly speaking i like to do a lot. in contrast to the jeep try fate was just a cross-country rice but here it's racing in its purest form. which finally made it to the famous pole of culture in one hundred twenty six they recorded a temperature of minus seventy one point two degrees here making of the coldest

place in the northern hemisphere and the coldest and how to place on a. pole is the symbol of the face a cold it loses one one in fakery and another in my box and that means that spring is on its way. we would having to enjoy quite such extreme temperatures so i was able to walk around the village without freezing to death but one woman who knows just how bad the weather can get here is the local meteorologist. the lowest temperature in february was minus fifty five point eight as a rule the lowest temperature is occurred just before sunrise if we're talking about minus fifty five that means temperatures may go up and down throughout the day but the average is about the same. this year is a ditch cold air comes down here from the mountains and stays in the valley. as long as we don't have wind we have stagnation. if there is wind

here then that would agitate things and it wouldn't be like this. despite the host conditions visitors flock to cold every year even in the coldest months to see how the town gets through the winter. the most popular attractions are the local horses they may be small but they're tough as nails. and you could horse is unique breed considering that it's always lived around here. it's unique in the sense that it can withstand the bitter cold in winter temperatures drop to minus fifty degrees these horses can handle the cold without a stable and don't need a lot of food they forage under the snow and don't need much attention.

in a region where it's almost impossible to grow crops the horses are also popular on the dinner table but there are a few other local dishes i was keen to try out though and susannah knows the best ones by heart. right. don't. you have to get. first. in. fact. this is a first for me so. what room. after that. this is a piece of the local river that will be boiling up. was going to get

a bit of local flavor. as you can see making a cup of tea is not exactly a simple process here but while the kettle was on wheels or other ingredients. perhaps unsurprisingly they were cold. mixing. so they're going to get a sweater so you want something cold all through it. but in this place you don't even need a freezer just put it out on the window sill. our own car every morning when you're outside in our green or something. and i have got a little color a surprise up my sleeve for them as well. well

i've been enjoying some local delicacies my fellow races have been getting ready for the end of the polish cold festival and it was promising to be a great event. this is one of the social highlights of the year and everyone comes out to enjoy the fun including a few very special guests. this. month fifth of the. organization the youth working very rare and those feel good and are very. good singing and all the people here. may have very wrong so if you did have a choice between the north pole and the poll of polls which one would you pick if you have the thing but i like to be here. with some to seal of approval it was time

for a spot of lunch and this time i had something of my own to serve up so everyone's cooked a lot of local food for the festival but i decided what's wrong and bring a little bit of britain to the poll of polls and so i have an owner of my mom. mary brown famous chicken casserole. but if i manage to do it justice so let's see if we can get some take his. oh it was all i do you blew the ipad focused or overly casserole with bacon and vegetables who cooked it all i could see it's really yes don't try. but i would like it i'm pleased. who really casserole. at my mum's recipe. from england. to look at this this. are

a good moment be proud of this i've got an curing i'm going to kill around the block already i have a daughter your age. it seemed that my career is a market trader was often running and soon we had an empty source but. i think they get really annoyed with me over their stealing their business. and the food wasn't the only success of the day. james brown from foggy england and valeri by shares are awarded this paschal trophy from the mammoth club. we came we saw we just about finished but i was pleased as punch with the trophy. i've been to quite a few unusual places but i never thought i'd be in the coldest inhabited place on earth the people who call in joe conditions most of us would think were unbearable but still find ways to live happy fulfilled lives it's truly an adventure to get

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