Riding Polar Express Train Across Arctic

Russian Arctic territories were actively developed by during Stalin's reign. Thousands of GULAG prisoners were sent to limitless tundra to built new cities and roads. One of the greatest incomplete Soviet Project known as "501 Railroad" was a part of the Transpolar Mainline that supposed to connect the remotest Siberian villages and cities with the USSR mainland. Nowadays, Transpolar Mainline partially operates. Here a regular passenger and freight service. I went straight to tundra to ride this one of the northernmost railway routes on our planet from Vorkuta to Labytnangi. Enjoy!
Filmed in August 2020.
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[@uditjain8940]

It's weird watching you travel on the rails like a normal human for once :D Great video again

[@bastiaan4129]

As someone from the Netherlands its so weird to see rivers just going about their business, it must be amazing to see them flooding in spring.

[@Jaqen_Hghar]

Why is it weird?

[@nicku1]

@@Jaqen_Hghar In Netherlands the rivers have to follow regulations. 🙂 Ever heard about channels?

[@bastiaan4129]

@@Jaqen_Hghar because the rivers in the Netherlands don't flow freely, if they would we would all die.

[@artfx9]

Please go anywhere besides the Netherlands or a big city.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@artfx9 well, he also could go to the northeast of his country, there things look pretty much like germany.

[@malfunctionjunction6212]

Epic scenery, great camera work, narration, and editing. С нетерпением жду вашего следующего видео. Bsafe.

[@GORGINIOUScrniExploring]

-Greetings to all. I join the comment as there is nothing more to add. VAGA BOND number one on the railroad. -Привет! Присоединяюсь к комментарию, потому что добавить больше нечего. ВАГАБОНД №1 на железной дороге. -Lep pozdrav vsem. Pridružujem se komentarju, ker ni več kaj dodati. VAGA BOND številka ena na železnici. 👍SREČNO!!!👍 Attribution. You earn 🙂 for your video because it is reassuring, helpful, and informative.

[@stonerjew7856]

Будто в детство окунулся, жил 16 лет в Салехарде и пару раз ездил этой дорогой. Виды там, конечно, просто невероятные. Особенно, если ехать летом, как раз утром проезжает уральские горы

[@TheRusGo]

Мне вот как раз идея пришла в голову пересечь Урал по транссибу. Надо бы воплотить

[@gabruss6442]

I have been watching your videos from last 3 months, but this new way of makeing detailed short travel documentary is just next level its like a complete story. I think you should do both type of videos the train surfing ones and like this documentary type also. Love from INDIA ✌

[@becconvideo]

The rigor of Russian law is compensated by the fact that you don't always have to obey" :-) Conductor: when you get off at the terminus, they stuck you into quatantine for 14 days - so get off one stop earlier and take a cab.

[@michaelbastion]

The towns are so remote and beautiful. It was good to see the inside of the train, to see how people travel. Hello from Australia :)

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

I have upgraded subtitles for this video. If you need them, you can turn them on via "CC" button.

[@o.h.6946]

Such beautiful scenery 🥰

[@hackisack]

The last railway station you showed at 12:32 reminds me of one of bald and Bankrupt's last videos. He rode somewhat across Siberia. Imagine you could do some sort of collaboration, your channel would explode. I like this style of video, very informative and authentic! Ofc I came here first for the trainhopping videos but I like these a lot as well.

[@RomieMocka]

Amazing scenery... Wonderful country Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@BladeJones]

In December this place only gets 5 /12 hours of twilight.

[@frankdarby6671]

Thank you. So interesting. Wonderful delivery.

[@johnbrown-rm8kc]

Awesome Video !!! greetings from Australia 😍

[@triratnawati6490]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video.

[@ph3ntomshade589]

One of my new favorite youtubers! keep up the great videos :)

[@lucienberton4538]

Excellent work. Thanks. L.

[@kookookala6251]

Great videos! Be safe and keep on trucking!

[@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub]

You are great, look forward to everyone of your vids..

[@walthaas9217]

It's wonderful to see Siberia up close. So different from the southwestern USA where I live. Thanks for a great video!

[@user-jp3wl4fg2h]

As i know and what i`ve seen from many google maps street views - southwestern USA consists of a several states and have diverse nature - so i didn`t understand in what type of natural environment you live - do you mind to tell me? Is it Nevada deserts, arizona canyons, california bushy forests? Cause it would be great to understand how west siberia looks like for a foreigner. I don`t live there, i live in the central part of the Ural mountains - where we have bushy forests, but i my aunt live in the Surgut - it`s not in the arctic region but it`s pretty close to it and the nature there seems more like in northern part of the west siberia (i`m saying west siberia, cause siberia itself is very big and different parts of it have different climate zones and views). So i`ve been there many times and we often get outside for a campings and i`ve never thought how this type of environment would look like to someone who live in a different conditions.

[@walthaas9217]

@@user-jp3wl4fg2h I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the western edge of the Rocky Mountains meets the Great Basin. We're at latitude 40°N, about the same as Madrid and Ankara, maybe more south than any place in Russia. We're a desert, so the temperature swings between extremes. Going west we have desert like Nevada, going east we have the Rocky Mountains. Our five national parks are all red rock desert. The nearest city to the latitude of Surgut in my part of the world is Anchorage, Alaska which is on the coast so the climate is moderated. The northernmost big interior city is Edmonton, Alberta, Canada which is roughly as far north as the central Urals. My friend Dmitry is from Moscow and says he has spent a lot of time exploring western Siberia so it sounds like fun.

[@MrDarkTenebrae]

Love trains and Russia Siberians landscapes. Fantastic work . Greetings from Bs As - Arg ¡

[@rbasket8]

No es Siberia, es Europa, aunque muy cerca de la "frontera" (Urales)

[@bieragaino440]

This video remind me about Finnmark tundra in Norway. Love the videos of you.

[@mikechudzinski6629]

Great video, very interesting...

[@bardloe5714]

it's unusual to see you travelling on a passenger train HAHHAHAHA

[@LukeBaillie]

Woo found a current fellow YT vlogger, Keep up the good work man!!

[@LiviusMaximus]

Great scenery, greetings from Romania 🇷🇴 thank you

[@LB-ty6ks]

This is one of the very best travel channels on KZbin.

[@scottculver]

Was a great tour.

[@alecpayne18]

I've always wanted to cross russia... these videos are awesome, and giving me ideas for my inevitable trip

[@buckfizzard291]

Thank you

[@civilmaterial]

My God, this man don t stop. Who s that boy?

[@treck87]

Very nice train route.

[@abyss7524]

Great video

[@andreass6102]

Such an underrated channel.

[@Desperoro]

It is like bridge between west and east systems. Salekhard is accesible by car from Surgut. We can say Asian road system is on the opposite side of Ob river

[@MrTimodon]

Beatiful place! There is peace and food in the water, what more a man need? Ok, one beer sometime! ))

[@dancer1]

Can’t wait to watch

[@JoneKone]

Amazing

[@shanghai_city]

Please make a 4k videos in future. I have a huge screen tv and it will look wonderful on it. Thank you. 🙏

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Get this man more subscribers

[@ramakantwadkar4609]

Good

[@pripyat.sadboi8092]

10k subs 🍻

[@xela001]

wow thats a great video. love it ;) some questions: could u give more infos to the railway starting from obskaya? where does it go to? there is another railway to jamburg, its more in the east starting in novo urengoi.... do u know something about it? is there a bridge to salechard for trains already, or is it planned or under construction? i read it exists for cars only. is the line to nadym operating? would be great to see and hear more from u with respect to these lines and the current status of the railway system there.

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

1. Read Wiki: Obskaya - Bovanenkovo line. 2. Trains don't run to Yamburg, only short stretch of the line operates (Novyy Urengoy - Yevayakha). 3. There are no bridges over Ob to Salekhard (ferry works) 4. The line Salekhard - Nadym doesn't operate. Trains from Novyy Urengoy to Nadym run 1-2 times a week.

[@xela001]

@@ivantrainsLIVE ok thx 👌🏻

[@Felix-ij1tc]

what do u know about the small Uralic language groups like Nenets, Hanti, Vogul? I heard that most of those languages are endangered and only a few speakers are alive

[@postgradsibstud9321]

Nenets and Khanti are not endangered. There are plenty of speakers as well as money for teaching it in schools for natives. Vogul is endangered. The main threat for theese languages - locals dont want to learn it. It is easier to learn Russian and English to live outside the region. Most of such native people want to live in cities in good apartment with electricity,water,plumbing and Internet instead living in tundra in traditional way. Living in the city means to communicate with locals who are represented mostly by Russians. Thats why learning Russian is way important for them if you want to live outside your tundra.

[@ilyag8044]

Nenets and Hanti- Mansiysk autonomous districts are quite big and well established

[@mosesGoldbergy]

6:37 seems like a lonely job

[@electrovolt3513]

Big like :D

[@Yomelaotube]

Mega Like

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

Relieved to hear that you escaped the ridiculous quarantine. It definitely would not have been good for your mental health to be trapped in one place for so long and no benefit to your physical health either. Let us hope the craziness that has taken over most of the world will soon be a thing of the past. Thanks for another interesting and informative video by the way!

[@iggymlq]

pretty cool train journey though. but how to get to Vorkuta from Moscow?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

You can take a direct passenger train from Moscow to Vorkuta.

[@rrich52806]

Do they serve tea in Podsakannik ?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

They do!

[@TheRusGo]

@@ivantrainsLIVE 😄😄😄

[@borfer9366]

correct podstakannik

[@borfer9366]

Пришлось как-то пройти пешком от станции Собь до станции Елецкой. Незабываемо.

[@lurchie]

I'm curious - do the trains run in the wintertime as well?

[@AurisChannel]

Yes, daily

[@zafar78600]

If this is the arctic where is the ice?

[@SketchTurnerZero]

7:38 Интересно, зачем здесь забор? Вокруг пустота же!

[@yoshkinkot9346]

Это снегозадерживающий забор. Ветер в них теряет скорость, и снег меньше заметает пути и выпадает вдоль забора. Бывают еще снегопередувающие заборы, которые наоборот увеличивают скорость ветра, и ветер со снегом перелетает дорогу, и не заметает пути.

[@SketchTurnerZero]

@@yoshkinkot9346 ух ты. Спасибо, что рассказали. Никогда бы не подумал

[@Oweee]

Do you plan to switch to 4K res recording hardware at sometime in the future ?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Yes. In the future.

[@greghavers821]

excellent! thanks!! the real russia!!!!!

[@ClemensMediaProduction]

I think i would whatch evrrything you Tell me. Your voice is so callming. You could decripe flowers for 10h straight i would whatch

[@ATSF854]

really wish i could travel russia..just never gonna happen at this rate

[@christianfreedom-seeker934]

So there is an active GULAG up there! No big suprise. Life-sentence prisoners?

[@nicku1]

You forgot to mention that this railroad was LITERALLY laid on bones of prisoners who died by tens of thousands building it.

[@borfer9366]

Nonsense! Why write about every Russian road "built on bones", aren't you tired of it? Read the history of the Pechora Gulag. In labytnangi there is an information stand rolling in detail about this railway. There was a "privileged" Gulag here. That is, the rules of life very much hotter than in other camps. The prisoners themselves asked to come here, because in case of over-fulfillment of labor standards they could have been released earlier . Do not confuse it with the Magadan roads. So there were no "bones" here, stop lying

[@kangaxx4396]

Not interested in the videos you pay tickets

[@Spiritualwarfare587]

I like your journeys but man russia look so boring and depressed . No way i can live there

[@AurisChannel]

Tundra looks like this everywhere, not only in Russia

[@borfer9366]

This is the tundra, the north. 9 months of the year, bad weather, short summer. It rains almost constantly. Russia is different, it's just that in the West they are used to all media reports being in gloomy colors, gray houses, gloomy faces, etc.

[@DimitarTsonov]

Where are the subs? They were the main reason for me to subscribe for your channel because I could enjoy great video with no need to turn volume up in the night... Now those videos loose it's main idea... -1 sub. Bye

[@pripyat.sadboi8092]

press the CC option?

[@kartoffelmus]

That escalated quickly