World's Most Dangerous Roads - Siberia

every day somewhere in the world normal people risk life from them just getting from A to B [Music] in far-off countries and isolated forgotten villages our camera crews follow the journeys of those brave enough to travel on the world's toughest most dangerous and deadly roads buckle up for a he'll ride this is deadliest journeys [Music] every spring the freezing mist of lake baikal signals the start of a dangerous voyage for the men of the village role odd Nia a journey to the high plateau of Siberia to resupply reindeer herders [Music] this is Dimitri the only driver brave enough to take on this deadly journey he has to deliver 600 kilograms of food as quickly as possible the Windsor has been so hard for the Shepherd's have been without fresh supplies for six months yes MOCA Sasha please sure regime seal says the William Marissa the Robo propagate part of my nicotine zinnias beauty product e in a few days the melting snows will turn the road into an icy swamp it's only 40 miles to the Shepherd's camp but it's 40 miles that could take several weeks to cover ahead of them lies the deceptive white hell of Siberia the meatrix barely hit the road when he faces his first obstacle just the opposite Nevada pushed out the full capacity Custer's one of the fidelity at very expressive way nullify that it's like module Christa Kamsa to to reproduce [Applause] his fear is the IceBridge might collapse weakened by the melting snows is just 80 centimeters thick hardly enough to support the weight of a one-ton truck [Music] [Applause] [Music] the fact they get across in one piece maybe due to this random TV set this may look like a fly tipping site but it's actually one of the most sacred spots in this region the assortments of unlikely objects are all offerings that God birkin knowledge is bliss good papica dead right each value and as a movement we go to that I can use anything with ammonia yet to come sustaining - so many kikyo my name is Igor Oh forgive us again no statistic value and the region to the most relevant image 3qc but even so this takeover of localism he still should pay you know result of America payments many policemen we visited that he gave you 11 [Applause] [Music] he's just nice do you even abortion [Music] [Applause] so far Demitri has rarely been going faster than three miles an hour and he's worried he might have to sleep in his truck if he doesn't reach the refuge before nightfall [Applause] even in spring the temperatures can easily drop to minus 20 you'd think the arrival of spring would be something to celebrate but out here on the road is creating a ton of hassle for the truckers as the snow warms and softens it makes it nearly impossible to drive over without getting bogged down which in turn creates walls of snow and ice that can reach as high as two meters it takes hours to make just a few miles progress the meatrix sick of it if he carries on at this rate he'll never make it to the refuge by nightfall so he deploys a new tactic to get around the wall of snow and use this truck as a bulldozer in Canoga Panama's need to catalyze knows it was loosely truth the rich kid in the [Applause] as each mile drags out the difficulties increase and the road gradually wears the crew down Dimitri and his wingman Yura are stressed out and begin to argue they can't agree on what route to take we're over the moon reverse Oh [Applause] [Music] this time the truck is well and truly stuck to get it out it needs to be pulled back with a winch [Music] there's one problem after another until well into the night at 10:30 destiny plays a fatal blow and even the gods of the events seem to have abandoned [Music] the truck has become trapped a second time and a tree is now lodged below the chassis by 11:00 p.m. the winch is useless it's now minus 10 degrees the snow is hardened again and the truck is now seized tight in the rock-hard mud and ice that's all nothing at midnight the thermometer has dropped to 20 below there's no other option for the exhausted crew but to spend the night in the truck that is to get to the refuge Yura has a six mile walk among bears and wolves [Music] tada the director most British commercial vessel secret near a skies of moon moon yet when a minute [Music] after a grueling five-hour trek in -20° yura finally reaches the shelter they'll stay here for the night and head back to the truck in the morning [Music] yer and the guys head back for Dimitri in the frozen truck by the time he arrives Demetri has already managed to free the truck the weather is a lot warmer and the snow and ice that had trapped the wheels has now melted the village is 20 miles away and the road still has plenty of nasty surprises yes Israel that William G watts of the key box if it's on the roof [Music] just located at various points here the phone he said same conclusion doesn't lessen the muscular boy that deceptive blue and within minutes the temperature drops 10 degrees to minus 20 [Applause] the Metreon his crow is stuck on the mountain slope and things look bad with this with existing this t-tommy Schmidt restore native taste just cause the only problem to be showstopper no sister cool playful certainly [Music] [Applause] [Music] after two days of fighting the elements they finally of the village in their sights like that of the movement as I said to them is a box on the blue steel [Music] 12 men live in this camp at the ends of the earth [Music] during winter they're isolated far from civilization they haven't seen any new faces for six months [Music] ilie Nastase torini Nigeria that michaud rhetoric the generator produces electricity but to save on fuel it's only switched on for a few hours each day it powers up the emergency radio and also the TV set there is a picture but no sound other than mesmerizing trippy noise that keeps this guy glued to the TV it's not great by any means but it helps pass the time [Music] [Music] Aleksey has never traveled further than lake baikal so books provide his only means of escape his whole life has been spent in the forest with the reindeer [Music] after she reads it Nicola boy [Music] Aleksey regularly takes supplies up to a pair of shepherds who look after a herd of 700 reindeer even deeper in this winter abyss [Music] the events raised their reindeer and the high plateaus of Siberia where the animals staple diet of light chin is bountiful in both winter and summer after a 12 mile hike Alexei catches up with the two shepherds they're cautious that recently killed one of their reindeer somewhere in the vicinity [Music] [Applause] [Music] the cabin is tiny and the two benches double up as beds [Music] by aging dumb we use to move sick right nowit take yours parts on a bakery by a car somewhere mister my damage your boy [Music] they still have another three months to go before they relieve for the summer [Music] the when winter returns so do they back to this extreme and isolated terrain were the work of brave truckers delivering their supplies is vital for their survival

Channel: Show Me the World

Views: 1,078,951

Keywords: documentary, roads, National Geographic, waterways, travel, Deadliest Journeys, dangerous roads, most dangerous roads in the world

Id: qOKRMgwIysQ

Length: 20min 57sec (1257 seconds)

Published: Thu May 02 2019