MOSCOW -- The Trans-Siberian Mainline, one of the world's classic rail journeys, is intimidating to some potential passengers because they don't speak Russian and because the trip takes a week. Now, ...

To travel from Ust-Kut, where my 2,300-mile journey began, is no simple thing. Moscow and the government of the SakhaRepublic (in Russian, Yakutia), a semiautonomous region within greater Siberia, ...

Learn the common challenges that come with planning such a colossal journey - and of course, the strategies to overcome them.