If it seems to you that winter is the coldest in your area and thus torments you, look at the pictures taken by a photographer from New Zealand in the village of Oymyakon in eastern Siberia.
Oymyakon is considered the coldest place, as the air temperature there drops to -71.2 ° C. Such a record indicator was recorded in 1924. Usually in winter, residents get used to -50 °C.
Oymyakon’s routine
New Zealand photographer Amos Chappell decided to go on a two-day trip to this coldest inhabited area in the world. He tried to record the everyday life of Oymyakon.
‘I only wore pants when the temperature outside was -47 ° C, I remember the feeling when the cold just tied my legs. Tux didn’t even have time to cool down,” Chappelle shared.
He also said that what worries him the most is not freezing himself, but the fact that the camera will stop working in such severe frost conditions.
The average winter temperature in Oymyakon is minus 50°C
The average winter temperature in Oymyakon is minus 50°C. And the lowest recorded temperature is an amazing -71.2 degrees.
True, it separates almost a century from our time. For comparison, the air heats up to 70 degrees in the hottest place in the world.
The reason is the geographical location of the village, which was not lucky for several reasons at once.
It is located in a river valley, surrounded by mountains that form something like a horseshoe. The open top of the arch faces north.
At night, dense cold air descends from the mountains and accumulates in the hollow where the village is located.
Altitude also plays a role, as a general rule, the higher the terrain, the colder it is. Summer in the village is short,
only three months, but hot, with large temperature fluctuations; if during the day it can be plus 30 ° C, then at night the air cools down to minus.
The irony is in the very name ‘Oymyakon’. It comes from an Evenki word meaning an unfreezing spring or a place where fish spend the winter.
There is indeed a spring near the village, due to which, according to all, the local residents began to settle here. They quickly got used to the low temperatures.