Adventure Fernweh: In a Soviet Truck to Oymyakon

Oymyakon - the coldest inhabited place on Earth, record: -67.8 degrees Celsius. Ronald Prokein sets out in January with his travel companion Andy Winter to the remote East Siberian village on the Kolyma Highway, the coldest road on Earth. Two German Shepherds accompany the two Rostock natives on a three-month journey covering approximately 11,000 kilometers in a W50 truck - a former NVA military vehicle.

The engine runs constantly, day and night, as air temperatures plummet to around -46 degrees. For weeks, the cabin heating fails. On the highway, their vehicle risks sliding down a ravine, a tire separates from the rim, cooling hoses burst. They learn to thaw congealed engine oil with fire beneath the truck and drive through Siberian mountains with barely functioning brakes.

Prokein and Winter also encounter corruption and violence: police officers threaten them with rifles, and in Yakutsk they become caught in a brawl. At the same time, they feel the presence of Stalin's Gulag history along the route.

Ronald Prokein shares his experiences in a photo projection show.