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^^^ ...presumably those numbers are distances between those points in Km?

do maps of the winter roads up there exist?
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^^^ ...presumably those numbers are distances between those points in Km?

do maps of the winter roads up there exist?
That is km, correct.

I am searching for a winter road map too.
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Here is a series of youtube-videos of Frederick Taer's expedition, with relatively standard 4x4s, driving on winter roads to Chukotka in 2012: Chukotka 2012. Day 1. Neryungri. - YouTube

And this is their route:



including a signpost of an iceroad:



Not sure, but I think the youtube-videos end halfway (?) On their Russian website it shows they finished the trip in Chukotka as planned: http://frederick-taer.livejournal.com/
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do maps of the winter roads up there exist?
It looks like the maps on Bolot's askyakutia.com (www.rus-map.ru) show the iceroads as well (here for example Burustah to Sasir to Ugolskoye). Can someone with better Russian-skills than me help to turn to map pages 196 etc. towards Pevek and Anadyr?

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Here are the waypoints for that trip as far as Pevek. This guy made it as far as Pevek, the rest actually got to Anadyr via Cape Schmidt.

Those guys had the maps in their sat nav so they must be available in that format as well as Russian Military Maps.

One person on this thread can best advise on satnav maps for the region. The only one I know of is http://www.navicom.ru/maps/topo/


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Here are the waypoints for that trip as far as Pevek. This guy made it as far as Pevek, the rest actually got to Anadyr via Cape Schmidt.

Those guys had the maps in their sat nav so they must be available in that format as well as Russian Military Maps.

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Thanks, Fastship, the google-map link until Pevek is very good:



It is is from Sergey Dolya who was part of the same Frederick Taer expedition. Fantastic fotos of the iceroads here: http://sergeydolya.livejournal.com/t AG / Chukotka

It seems that this is the only Chukotka expedition ever to be done in standard 4x4s ...

And of course, no one made it to Kamchatka overland...
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I asked Navicom - good enough they replied by return:
Good morning,

We have only the "Roads of Russia" card. This is a map of the whole of Russia. It is only in Russian language. And it's not divided into "winter" and "summer"

Best wishes,
NavicomArslanov Alexey

I think in general that these zimniks are too changeable to be mapped to the accuracy satnav's require. I read as many trip reports in this area as I can, one such reports states
In general, the cause "winter road" on the map - it is almost impossible. Each year, it is laid on a string of different ways, depending on weather conditions, and in general, the route itself is changing constantly: sweep somewhere, somewhere will water on ice, and winter road alone will make a new bend.

Expedition "Brest - Pevek." Fight with the North - HGV - Avto@Mail.Ru

The routes seem fully prepared, all the way up to Pevek, there are even UK style road signs which can be seen in some of the photos. Basically, you follow the Kolyma River. This looks like one of those places you pick your route when you get there. On google earth there are roads from Pevek to Uelen marked, finding them might be another matter! From Uelen to Anadry it looks like you're on your own, line of sight/dead reckoning with GPS or sextant.

This list of winter roads is from a Russian cycle website: Google Translate

What a stunning place though.
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Thank you Fastship. Very good weblinks.

So the "Brest -Pevek" expedition is Nr. 5 on our list of drives to Chukotka, and the 2nd in standard 4x4s (Mazdas, even without special tyres).
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I have My-Weather-Indicator on my PC set for Anadyr, I haven't seen it above -30c this year! Remember too that you require special permissions to enter Chukotchka:-

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