yakutia

About expedition

Date:

26th of May 2006   till 12. of June 2006 (second part till 18th of June 2006)

Route:

By Air Plane from Prague via Moscow to Mirnyi and back, then by car via Tchertchyshevski to the bridge over Olguidakh river between Olguidakh and Morkoka village, and then by inflatable raft down the Olguidakh river.

Members:

Ivan Mackerle, Jiří Skupien, Danny Mackerle, Jiří Zítka, Pavel Štěpán + Slava Pastukhov (russian guide)

The Objective:

1)  To find the Valley of Death in the basin of the Upper Villuy River and mysterious „cauldrons“, structures forget out of an unknown metal which are gradualy sinking into the frozen ground.

2)  To explore them or determine their position (coordinates) at least,   for next  explorers.