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Originally Posted by eurasiaoverland
In the end I chose to stick to normal roads rather than trying to find remote tracks.
There is no road in summer to Salekhard.
To Tomsk there is also only the main route in from the south. Along the Ob River is only possible in winter as far as I know.
EO
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Hi EO, thanks for the update.
Yes I think the road to Salekhard is only a winter road.
We will cross Murmansk from Finland, avoid St Petersbourg and go to Arkhangelsk using the back roads. I can see them on Google Earth and my russian maps. There are few t hings I wnat to visit as well on teh way, in Keralia Oblast.
From there, after talking with Colebatch and few other peoples, consulting google Earth and my russian maps, we will go to Nizhnevartovsk, on the Ob river; maybe via Kotlas and Khanty Mansiysks, as suggested by Walter ( Thanks Walter!  ) We will see once on the move.
From Nizhnevartovsk there are no roads South but there are boat services apparently. So we will get on a barge or ferry or whatever it is and up the river to Tomsk.
that's the plan anyway
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