▲Welcome to the coldest inhabited place in the world!

▲This is the city of Oymyakon, which is located in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

▲The territory is part of Siberia, a region well-known for its low temperatures.

▲Oymyakon has a little more than 900 inhabitants.

▲In winter it is usual for temperatures to reach as low as -58°F (-50°C).

▲Some measures must be taken to adapt to such cold temperatures.

▲For vehicles to work, heaters are used to increase the temperature in car garages.

▲This is because the engines cannot start at such low temperatures because of the ice.

▲If someone dies in the city, before the funeral, the ice must be melted, because it is practically impossible to dig into the frozen ground.

▲A local resident told the newspaper El País that it is impossible for a person to run in -58°F (-50°C) temperatures.

▲The local resident added that the cold is so intense that his dog once got his tongue stuck in a barrel of water.

▲These cold temperatures are not a recent phenomenon. Oymyakon has been registering very low temperatures for some time.

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According to The Weather Channel, the lowest temperature on record dates back to 1924.

▲According to the source, in 1924 the temperature reached -91°F (-71.2°C).

▲During winter, which lasts five months, the city only has 5 or 6 hours of daylight per day.

▲Houses are heated through a thermal coal station that runs 24 hours a day.

▲If this wasn't the case, houses would have no running water as the pipes would freeze.

▲Air traffic is also limited when temperatures plummet.

▲Kolyma federal road is used to bring supplies into the region.

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Mining is the region's main economic activity.

The main stones extracted are gold and antimony: very rare metals.

▲The local population dedicate themselves to fishing, as well as breeding horses and cattle.

▲This is because farming is not possible in winter due to the low temperatures that freeze the soil.

▲For those who are not used to the cold, it must be difficult to think of living or even visiting such a freezing place.

▲But Oymyakon attracts many tourists looking to experience the extreme cold.

▲But it's not just the thermal sensation that visitors experience. They can also visit the region's mountains and lakes.

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Curiously, Oymyakon means 'water that does not freeze,' according to El País.

▲In January 2018 the Sakha Republic recorded another record temperature: -89°F (-67°C).

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Would you dare to visit the coldest city in the world?

▲There are some truly inhospitable places on Earth where human beings couldn't possibly survive, due to extreme heat, extreme cold, or an unforgiving landscape. There is one such spot in Russia, but somehow, a small town of hardy settlers has managed to survive there for more than a century. It's called Oymyakon and it has registered temperatures below -94°F (-70°C). It's the coldest inhabited place in the world.

Intrigued? Click through the gallery and marvel at this frozen spectacle of nature from somewhere warm and cozy.

This is the coldest inhabited place on Earth

Get to know Oymyakon: the coldest place on the planet inhabited by humans

10/12/24 por StarsInsider

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There are some truly inhospitable places on Earth where human beings couldn't possibly survive, due to extreme heat, extreme cold, or an unforgiving landscape. There is one such spot in Russia, but somehow, a small town of hardy settlers has managed to survive there for more than a century. It's called Oymyakon and it has registered temperatures below -94°F (-70°C). It's the coldest inhabited place in the world.

Intrigued? Click through the gallery and marvel at this frozen spectacle of nature from somewhere warm and cozy.