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'What has enabled Russia to rise among the great powers of the world…has been the conquest of Siberia'
W.Bruce Lincoln

Who needs a bridge when you can ride across the river like this...?

By The Siberian Times reporter
07 May 2013

Workers in northern Siberia have their own inventive way to cross a fast-flowing river.

Four or five men at a time from a long queue of workers are loaded onto the excavators with their luggage. Picture: The Siberian Times 

The bridge builders are shown in this footage being ferried across the water in the 'buckets' of two giant excavators, clambering from one to the next as the machines swivel their passengers across the raging torrent. 

Four or five men at a time from a long queue of workers are loaded onto the excavators - with their luggage.

They have to jump from one  giant shovel to the next at the point where the murky river is flowing at its fastest. 

The half finished bridge the workers are building is seen in the background. 

How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia


How to cross a river in Siberia





Comments (2)

Ha ha ha! That's why I,among other things,love Russia!
Roko, Croatia
08/05/2013 03:04
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i suppose this method was developed in Skolkovo
Alexander, Novosibirsk
07/05/2013 16:46
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