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The road is treated by some as a memorial, as the bones of the people who constructed it were incorporated into the road. It is said that every meter of the road cost one life of the construction workers. The area is extremely cold during the winter. The neighbouring towns on the highway, Tomtor in Omyakon region is the coldest inhabited place on earth (often referred to as -71.2°C, but might be -67.7°C). Some believe actual winter temperatures reached in nearby highlands may be in the -80°Cs. The road is in a state of disrepair and is untraversable by standard road vehicles because of washed-out bridges and sections of road reclaimed by streams. During winter, frozen water actually helps river crossings. The road was travelled in the summer during Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman 's round-the-world motorcycle journey, made into a television series, book and DVD, all named Long Way Round . It was also cycled in the winter by Alastair Humphreys and Rob Lilwall. ) |
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