Igarka is a city in the extreme north of the Krasnoyarsk Region. Its airport serves travelers heading to remote destinations in Taymyria and Evenkia. Igarka gained a certain infamy as the beginning of the 503rd Labor Camp's attempt, on Stalin's orders, to build a railway along the Arctic Circle to Salekhard in Yamalia. The project failed and thousands of the gulag laborers died in the process.
- Museum of Permafrost, St. Bolshoi Theatre 15. Open 9AM-17PM, closed Saturdays. Proberly the most interesting attraction in Igarka, this museum shows geological features and is mostly located underground at a depth of 7-14 meters. 45 RUB for Russian citizens, 130 RUB for tourists.
Most arrivals in Igarka head on to Taymyria for adventurous expeditions into the north Siberian wild.