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[Highlander]

-56°C (-69°F) from Yakutsk to Oymyakon in winter

[Otto Weininger]

Ετοιμάζεσαι για μετά τις εκλογές;

[Highlander]

Oymyakon, Russia, is the coldest inhabited town on Earth.

Oymyakon

It takes two days of driving down a barren road to get there.

Driving in the cold

In the Even language spoken in Siberia, Oymyakon means "unfrozen water."

Workers create a diving hole in the ice

The coldest temperatures in the northern hemisphere have been recorded in Sakha, the location of the Oymyakon valley.

A playground

According to the United Kingdom Met Office, a temperature of -90 degrees Fahrenheit was registered in 1933.

The Oymyakon valley

People live in the valley despite the harsh climate.

A house in Oymyakon

Five hundred people, to be exact.

A solitary person on the street in Oymyakon

[Gherschaagk]

Ποιο δύσκολο μέρος στον κόσμο δεν βρήκαν να επιλέξουν;;

[Highlander]

The area is equipped with schools, a post office, a bank, and even an airport runway.

The Oymyakon town square

Dogs tough it out, too.

A dog rests on wood chips

Everything is covered in snow.

A street crossing sign covered in snow

Crystals of permafrost create tunnels.

Permafrost

At the farmer's markets, the food is frozen.

A farmer's market

But life continues as normal even in frigid temperatures.

A thermometer

Alexey Egorov, 45, and Semion Vinokurov, 53, work as lumberjacks.

Working in the forest

They work in the forest outside the village of Tomtor in the Oymyakon valley.

Gathering wood

They eat lunch in the cabin of their truck to stay warm.

Lunch break

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Sergei Burtsev, 41, a meteorologist, launches weather balloons.

A weather balloon

Andrei Vinokurov, 37, is a wrestling trainer.

Andrei Vinokurov

Nikolay Vinokurov, 7, and his sister Vera Vinokurova, 9, have lunch at their grandmother's house.

Lunch time

Ruslan, 35, loads blocks of ice onto a truck.

Ice on a truck

Locals celebrate Orthodox Epiphany by dipping into the icy waters of the Lena River.

So cold

They also celebrate with ice sculptures.

Ice sculptures

[Highlander]

People do their laundry and leave it out to dry.

Laundry day

Though they have to shake the snow off.

Snow covers everything

They run errands.

A billboard displays the time, temperature, and air pressure

And are experts at bundling up.

Keeping warm

The snowy landscape may be freezing cold, but it's also beautiful.

Oymyakon at twilight

And the sun does come out every once in a while.

A truck drives down an ice road

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