Dec 6th, 2018 : Russian Road
 

The June 13th, 1960 issue of LIFE magazine had a picture spread titled Russia’s Remote Lands.
It was heavy on pictures and light on text, as LIFE was wont to do.
Of course 1960 was still duck & cover/CD shelter time, and Americans knew little about the Russian wilderness.

http://cellar.org/2017/road1.jpg

What fascinated me was the wooden road building.
16,000 miles of wilderness with a material that will last 8 years sounds like job security… for generations.

http://cellar.org/2017/road3.jpg

The judge (prompted by the political advisor attached to the court), sentences you to be transported to Siberia.
For how long?
Until you finish the road. :eek:

http://cellar.org/2017/road2.jpg

Keep in mind this was one photograph spread across two pages.

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Averaging the big 'uns and the li'l 'uns, let's call those sections the size of a pie plate.

DAYUM that's a lot of trees. Every eight years.:3_eyes:

In Sifuckingberia.

The "perma" in permafrost is no longer a given.
Imagine building your house on bedrock in a temperate or tropic zone and then find in is no longer solid.
https://weather.com/news/news/siberi...climate-change

Then you, or your bedrock weren't on bedrock.

I'll bet you can log some miles on a wooden road.

But don't go against the grain.