The Road of Bones starts from the city of Yakutsk, residing on the wide Lena river. The river was used to bring prisoners from accross the Soviet Union to Yakutsk and from there to the work camps. During the long winter months, the river freezes five meters deep, allowing trucks to pass on it

The road of bones, also known today as the R504 Kolyma Highway, stretches from Yakutsk in the east to Magadan on the west, and is mainly a winding 2500 KM of gravel covered with ice and snow passing through mountains and across frozen rivers and tundra areas

Magadan is the last city on the road of bones. It has a large bay to the Okhotsk sea. The entire bay freezes during winter months, but ice-breaker boats clear the ice, allowing ships to come in. The bay and its port was used to bring prisoners to the work camps and road construction