The Mission

I’m going to motorcycle to the coldest inhabited place on earth… in winter. On January 4 2020, I’ll leave Poland and ride through Ukraine, Moscow, across the whole of Russia and cross Siberia. The aim is to get to Oymyakon by the end of January as that’s when it’s coldest.

It’s a tiny settlement with around 250 inhabitants. I’m expecting an average temperature of around -46°C along the way. But the closer I get to Oymyakon means I’ll face temperatures as low as -55°C. It holds the world record for the coldest officially recorded temperature in the Northern Hemisphere at -67.7°C. The only place colder is Antarctica.

From there, I’ll head to one of the coldest cities in the world, Yakutsk, before making my way home… well, that’s the plan anyway.