They were hunters, swept up in the waves of Russians who ventured east to Siberia ... trips to the city financed by the sale of sable fur. After visits to the village, city life feels different.
This sprawling Siberian city feels like a place apart ... A set of prosthetic legs for Sergei is due to arrive any day. Life for some in Irkutsk actually looks pretty good now.
Once the cold begins to bite, life for most ... the dangers of Siberia's ice roads are very real. Each trip begins here, at a workshop on the outskirts of the city of Yakutsk.