Siberia, on the Road to the Gulags | Deadliest Journeys

Bedouin. Today, some still move to the northern plateau to herd reindeer herds. At any given time in Topolinoye, Nikolai sleeps and eats with his friend Garnier. This is it, here is my hotel. Garnier, hello. Here's your beer. How are you boy? It's been so long since we've shared a meal. To celebrate Nicola's arrival, Garnier's wife prepares a celebratory meal based on local trout and, as is customary, they imbue their friendship with vodka. In this area people are reserved, but it is as tough as the country itself. Before Nikolai goes to patrol the forest, his friend Garnier gives him a special gift.

The Avenians have an Aladdin's cave, their safe. Be careful when taking a step back, be careful not to slip or fall. In a hole in the perpetually frozen mountain ground, the Tardes kept their greatest treasure: reindeer meat. The mountain has a giant refrigerator that keeps meat at -17 degrees in both summer and winter. There are hundreds of corpses, a rich cache that ensures the community an enormous reserve of food. The price per kilo is four euros. The gift that Garnier dedicated to his friend, manly and highly appreciated in this region, is the reindeer penis, which, when cooked, is said to give strength and vitality.

It is the day when the reindeer herders head north, while the

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s are still empty and before the winter snows make the region inaccessible. Many families set out to meet their flocks in the great north, as generations of nomads did before them. We are ready to go, we are heading north, far, far away. Some nights we have been there for months. This is at night and the northern geologists haven't seen a beer for a year. They take their skins for shelter and their weapons. Why take all these weapons? -There are bears and wolves there. There are no

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s here, the only means of transportation available is this old Russian truck, a fishing road.

Versatile all-terrain vehicle, ideal for this type of landscape. The journey to the reindeer pastures, just 100 kilometers to the north, will take four days and four nights. Avini, take an unmarked road and, without Caterpillar trucks, the small expedition will soon get stuck. Suddenly a crash occurs, when one of the trucks reverses. A breakup under these conditions can be disastrous. If they get into trouble, it will mean camping in frozen swamps and dealing with bears. So what happens? Nothing serious, just the truck that turned off. Will the repair take long? Well, less than an hour. It will be dark soon.

Ifeanyi decided to travel with another group. A caravan is safer than two trucks in case of another breakdown. It is a new experience for the youngest. How old are you? -fourteen. Are you also going north? naturally. Before leaving again, they finish the last bottle of vodka while toasting freedom and nature. Russian vodka. Thanks vodka. you understand? Nothing was lost. Often drunk and heavily armed, gunshot wounds are not uncommon as they shoot first and ask questions later. We are not afraid, we can kill bears, no problem, we have everything we need. On the crowded rooftop, men, women and children, you will find yourself face to face with the night, with the icy wind that burns your skin.

Move your legs, I don't see anything. They have been with herds of reindeer for three months and temperatures that never exceed 50 degrees below zero. It is the way of life of their ancestors, their desire for freedom, that gives them the strength to undertake this impossible journey.