The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the largest primary administrative division in the world, yet it is also among Russia’s least densely populated and most remote regions. This region is home to the coldest inhabited place on Earth, and it should come as no surprise that Yakutia also has unique natural features found almost nowhere else. For instance, the Ulakhan-Sis Range is one of the few places with geological formations known as kigilyakhs and baydzharakhs. Kigilyakhs are granite or sandstone pillars formed when the North American and Eurasian plates collided between 66…
