yakutsk

A sensible route would be Yakutsk - Magadan, then take a boat or plane to the US.

But the terrain between Yakutsk / Nizhny Bestyakh (the closest rail terminus) is pretty bad, bad enough that the construction does not make economical sense at all.

(By comparison, the Russian side is ~2800km from Yakutsk to the Bering Strait).

— we have to make do with the Terran backups in the form of having settlements in every continent from Tamanrasset in the Sahara to Yakutsk in Siberia.

But yah, Yakutsk is where you can’t turn your car off in the winter (well, they have auto start and stop now to keep the engine from freezing, no power outlets like in Fairbanks for block heaters) and often have to encase the whole car in a warming sock (which is exactly how you imagine it).

Yakutsk is east of Siberia in the Saka republic though, the closest comparable city in Siberia is Norilsk (not as cold or populous as Yakutsk).

Every year great quantities of ivorv were taken from the islands and sold in the markets at Yakutsk.

Virtually all of the Trans-Siberian railroad (except for the Amur-Yakutsk spur) is below the Canadian North.

Check this empire: "And say, the governor went to Yakutsk, not months, for three years.

Fort St John BC however has almost exactly the same temperatures and weather as Yakutsk.

They would probably do a lot better spending that time, well, getting out of Yakutsk.

If you live in Yakutsk, your needs are already different from 99% of the people in the world in many ways.

Check this empire: "And say, the governor went to Yakutsk, not months, for three years.

Yakutsk is east of Siberia in the Saka republic though, the closest comparable city in Siberia is Norilsk (not as cold or populous as Yakutsk).

Every year great quantities of ivorv were taken from the islands and sold in the markets at Yakutsk.

Virtually all of the Trans-Siberian railroad (except for the Amur-Yakutsk spur) is below the Canadian North.