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<\/p>\nIf 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.<\/p>\n
Oymyakon is considered the coldest place, as the air temperature there drops to -71.2 \u00b0 C. Such a record indicator was recorded in 1924. Usually in winter, residents get used to -50 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n
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Oymyakon’s routine<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2018I only wore pants when the temperature outside was -47 \u00b0 C, I remember the feeling when the cold just tied my legs. Tux didn’t even have time to cool down,\u201d Chappelle shared.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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The average winter temperature in Oymyakon is minus 50\u00b0C<\/p>\n
The average winter temperature in Oymyakon is minus 50\u00b0C. And the lowest recorded temperature is an amazing -71.2 degrees. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The reason is the geographical location of the village, which was not lucky for several reasons at once. <\/p>\n
It is located in a river valley, surrounded by mountains that form something like a horseshoe. The open top of the arch faces north.<\/p>\n
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At night, dense cold air descends from the mountains and accumulates in the hollow where the village is located. <\/p>\n
Altitude also plays a role, as a general rule, the higher the terrain, the colder it is. Summer in the village is short, <\/p>\n
only three months, but hot, with large temperature fluctuations; if during the day it can be plus 30 \u00b0 C, then at night the air cools down to minus.<\/p>\n
The irony is in the very name \u2018Oymyakon\u2019. It comes from an Evenki word meaning an unfreezing spring or a place where fish spend the winter. <\/p>\n