Episode 112: Ekspeditsiya - Part 1 - The Last Tourist in Russia

We’re kicking off season 7 of The Adventure Podcast with Ekspeditsiya, a four part specialist series with writer and adventurer Charlie Walker.

In February 2022, Charlie touched down in Siberia to undertake a long, Arctic expedition. A few days later Russia invaded Ukraine. Most journalists left the country, and so did most of the tourists. Charlie decided to stay.

The series is an adventurous story of one man’s expedition, but really it’s so much more than that. Charlie’s journey tells the story of the changing way of life for Siberian reindeer herders. But for us, most interestingly, this story is a real life, on the ground account of what a remote part of Russia feels like in the weeks and months following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Part 1 is the abridged version of the full story of what happened to Charlie in Russia in Spring 2022.

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