Members of the expedition off-road traveled across Siberia, from Lake Baikal to Tiksi port on the Laptev Sea. Mission members of the expedition in the first place is the development of domestic tourism, especially in Siberia and Yakutia.
Also, travelers are in favor of popularizing active lifestyle by accumulating points during movement within the social program “Nepoteka 2.0” from the Rexona brand, the general partner of the expedition.
So, at the moment they have accumulated nearly 10 million points in the Foundation of Goodness project!
Travellers move on to its very difficult route on reliable off-road vehicles Toyota Land Cruiser. En route the expedition has managed to visit the Russian “diamond capital” – the city of peace, as well as two cold poles Yakut – Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk. Another reference point was the village of Tiksi, the northernmost town in Yakutia. The expedition has reached to 16 March.
Travellers have communicated with the villagers, they took a lot of photographic material and video clips, which will be included in a documentary on domestic tourism in the northern regions of the country.
March 17 cars convoy moved back, the expedition “Pole of Cold” will return to Irkutsk through Yakutsk, Lena Pillars, Chita and Ulan-Ude. Currently travelers drove more than 8,000 kilometers.
Recall, 26 February Automobile expedition “Pole of Cold” was launched from Irkutsk to visit the most famous Russian cold pole and reach the Arctic – the port of Tiksi. The expedition was supported by the Russian Geographical Society organized Yaroslavl traveler Bogdan Bulychev, as it was attended by two television crews and well-known blogger Sergey Dolya and Ivan Dementievsky.
As part of the social mission of the expedition all the movements of the participants counted as points program “Nepoteka 2.0” from the general partner of the expedition – the brand Rexona. They will be transferred to the Foundation of Goodness and converted into real money, which can then be directed to charitable projects, popularizing active lifestyle.
Follow the example of travelers and join the program “Nepoteka 2.0” from the Rexona everyone can. Members can transfer points to a charity, and convert them to actual repayment of their own mortgage or consumer loans.
Participants get to the Arctic Ocean and back to the legendary frame SUVs – Toyota Land Cruiser 200 and Land Cruiser Prado. The choice fell on these cars because of their unmatched reliability and maneuverability. SUVs during the expedition are tested the most difficult operating conditions: more than 10 000 kilometers on the way to seasonal roads, winter roads and ice on northern rivers, temperatures of up to -50 degrees.
Satellite communications and the Internet in the way provided by the company “Amtel-Us.” Also invaluable assistance in the preparation had a tire manufacturer Toyo Tires and manufacturer of clothing and gear for outdoor activities Sivera.
The result of “Pole of Cold” expedition will be a film in which you will learn about the inhabitants of Siberia, Yakutia and the Arctic, indigenous peoples of this land, about the most unusual and beautiful places where rarely gone before.
The route of the expedition: Irkutsk (start) – Mirny – Yakutsk – Oymyakon – Verkhoyansk – Tiksi – Yakutsk – Lena Pillars – Neryungri – Chita – Ulan-Ude – Irkutsk (finish).
The composition of the expedition: Bogdan Bulychev, Vladlena Bobrovskaya, Ivan Dementievsky, Dmitry Sokolov, Anastasia Sokolova, Sergey Dolya.
The film crew: Vladislav Porongo, Aleksey Karasev, Gleb Gunin, Dmitry Makarin.
Website expedition – http://rgoexpo.ru
Source: ТАТPRESSA.RU
Translation: Google
