the capital you could skip is home to the mammoth driving club and when these boys and girls get together they get a rather special sendoff yakutia 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 drivers paradise well it might be my very first rally but we're not doing anything by halves because of the larry and i are going to one of the world's most inhospitable places along one of its most infamous roads the poll 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 its. military has been making this journey for five years for. the most important thing is to be on. speed driving well it doesn't really matter very much. as you are 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 makes us. want to talk. to one hundred ten to the right. the speed limit is sixty five. five hundred. with little 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 your. meds fourteen twenty seven thirty car number

twenty the helmets are ok it's a little of what i can see the first ten racers their helmets and lights are fine. so we've got about one hundred thirty 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 his 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. it's built using spades and it's. the course or 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. they left 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 all mood was only 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 us on 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 sore even larry. but 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 to me but i hope

it's going to hope that we're. relatively close to somebody else to now come and pull it out. because there's no way i'm getting back up that's. all realistically. stuff to see if we can prepare it so we get out as quickly as possible with a. stupid . where is somebody. well muslims. should do the trick. with

a bit of luck since they can sort out money on this. earth . from like me. but take it easy and don't rev it up because i make it silly i would like to argue. the. rights rights rights. good. luck 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. to 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 for hours here there's just nothing but you and the landscape. it wasn't long before we stumbled onto a natural way sis. the locals call this kluge or warm spring.

well in this case it's all relative i suppose. when 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 every other president says roughly one hundred two hundred fifty meters. looks like that's going to be the biggest challenge we're going to face. barely any roads and a very steep. so ever so slowly we negotiated the black clumps two hundred kilometers lorries and the fellow races whipped up the dust all around us. surprisingly it's ok hours but finally we emerged at the bottom and on the road to the frozen and

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two solid days of driving had taken us from the to the town of tom saul 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. boy. what are you doing. even children. very very little. and there must meant was just too much for one. more day to keep

work or. well the youngsters don't seem to lack for energy but how about the rest of toms or around two thousand people live 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 gunnies the remember this traditional you could instrument it's called the homeless it's been played for centuries. it's a really interesting thing because it helps you relax and cam down. when you play it your main cam in any stressful situation going on. when

a person lives in harmony with nature and remains cam and free within themselves then they become very strong. and that means plenty of exercise whatever the weather. ok well i believe what andrea was. saying about this group you know if we talk. to you because you've got a bright one i could let it go girl who. is going to run right into that house but . what are you going. to just getting started. while i just about escaped with my nick andre was ready for

a fresh inshallah. with a newfound respect for the people. i headed 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 but 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. 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. because hundred fifty mazes one hundred. fifty meters.

guineas. oh i don't believe it. big. big and exhausted but we made it. to the adrenalin and we jumped out to wait for all fellow races to finish that time charles. and i went out to check on one of the drivers. oh you guys congratulations thank you how did you go fantastic feeling. i was a reach. but it was a bit of a tricky road. taken in north and it wasn't long before the

spine is came out for a. completion of the race in one piece but they had been a few hairy moments and i wanted to find out what keeps valarie coming back a year off to. get interested in motor vehicles when i was still a kid my dad had it 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 rise which means a whole ton of adrenaline rush honestly speaking i like to do a lot. in contrast to the jeep try for a while it's just a cross-country race 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 thirty 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 here 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 horse conditions visitors flock to cold every year even in the coldest months to see how the town gets through the winter. of the most popular attractions of 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 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. a. fair. this is a first for me so. what room. after . this is a piece of the local river that will be boiling up. was good 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 i'm 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 screen 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 is working very rare and go through it and believe it. or the people here. may have very wrong money 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 santa 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 pole of cold and so i have an owner of my mom. mary brown famous chicken casserole. but if i wanted to do it justice so let's see if we can get some take his. oh it was all so i do you blew the ipad focused or overly casserole with bacon and vegetables who cooked it i cooked it's really yes don't try. but i would like it i'm pleased. houdini casserole and chicken casserole at my mum's recipe. from england. to look at this this. article my mama be proud of this i've got an cooing i'm going to carry around the block already i have

a daughter your age. it seems that my career is a market trader was often running and soon we had an empty saucepan. i think we're going to get really annoyed with me over there stealing their business. and the food wasn't the only success of the day seems to me james brown from foggy england . 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 enjoy conditions most of us would think were unbearable but still find ways to live happy fulfilled lives it's truly an adventure to get here but if you are driving make sure you watch out for the horses.

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