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Originally Posted by motoreiter
I am about 99% sure that proceeding beyond Tomtor will be impossible, and given the extremely low temperatures, rather dangerous.
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I agree with your general assumption. However, with a Kamaz truck in front of our car it would certainly be possible. This would mean only 250 km until the junction at the "new road", instead of 900 km (!).
A lot can happen on the recommended 650 km detour (almost certainly without a second vehicle) ... snowstorm, accident, breakdown, ... and temperatures are the same - 50° C. Just trying to make my own risk calculation.
BTW: the "naivity" of the Norwegians sounds exaggerated. They had a Satphone and just to get there, they were tough and brave. My guess is they suffered from a closed fuel station (maybe in Tomtor) or other misinformation (fuel in Oymyakon), then they thought they would make it to Susuman with their 1 or 2 jerry cans. According to the article, it definitely wasn't a miscalculation of road conditions.
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