Yakutia is considered as one of the coldest places on the planet.
Getty ImagesAnd if you think about, it doesn’t seem like such a crazy idea after all. Yakutia is the most distant region Siberia, located some 4000 km east of Moscow. Its territory could fit 5,5 Frances!
1. It's one of the world’s coldest regions, with winter temperatures dropping as low as -77C. Where else could the White Walkers have possibly appeared from but one of the coldest places on Earth?
The temperature might drop up to -77C.
Global Look Press2. Some of the region’s surreal landscape would be ideal for a bloody clash between the White Walkers and the Seven Kingdoms, making it a top spot for filming. We bet you would want to see Jon Snow bashing the undead there, with the Lena Pillars in the background!
Yakutia even got places to keep Daenerys' dragons.
Global Look Press3. It would be easy to keep the whole shooting process under wraps because Yakutia is not only one of the biggest and most distant regions of Russia, but also one of the least sparsely populated; There are only 0,31 men per square kilometer living there. Compare that to Moscow’s whopping 4 581 people for the same chunk of land! And oh
The place is full of spectacular landscapes for ambush and battle scenes.
Global Look PressAnd you can be sure that none of this is a joke. If HBO agrees to film the next chapters of
Still, HBO management has not yet responded to this request.
The next and final season of Game of Thrones is set to come out early in 2019. To ease the pain of waiting, have a look at some of this unusual Russian Game of Thrones fan art.
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