What is Vyomoroska, known as one of the most difficult jobs in the world?

Workers are chipping away at the ice covering the ship and looking for areas that need repairs.

Yakutia, Russia:

A drone flies low over a snow-covered shipyard in Russia’s Far East. There, workers struggle to maintain the giant ship in sub-zero temperatures during the harsh Siberian winter.

The process of “vimoroska” (roughly translated as “freezing”) is an arduous and tedious process that takes weeks in some of the world’s harshest conditions, with temperatures down to -50 degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit). It’s work.

Workers are chipping away at the ice covering the ship and looking for areas that need repairs. The ships dock in the port of Yakutsk on the banks of the Lena River, the source of Siberia’s economy, during the summer and during the winter.

Locals in Yakutia, Russia’s largest republic by land area, cite vimoroska as one of the toughest jobs in the world, but the workers themselves say it’s all a matter of perspective.

“If you’re wearing the right clothes, that’s it. When you come (to the heated building) and take off your clothes, it’s like a sauna, steam rises up,” said Mikhail Cruz, 48, a worker who passed through the building. He spoke to Reuters during a break from work. Cut the ice with a chainsaw.

“I don’t think it’s the hardest job. There are harder jobs, but it’s probably one of the hardest. You have to try to understand, you have to love the cold and love working in it. there is.”

This work requires not only stamina and strength, but also extreme precision.

Workers must be careful not to cut through the ice too quickly and break through to the ocean below. If this happens, the carved dugout could become submerged and the piece could be lost.

The colder the weather, the better the ice freezes and the smoother the work, but the temperatures can be challenging for some workers.

“When you freeze, you can feel negative emotions from it,” said Artyom Kovalek, 22, holding a pickaxe in his gloved hand from under a thick coat.

“It’s too cold to work and you want to go home and eat and relax, so you have to be disciplined.”

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