Guess where is the coldest place on the planet? Maybe you will answer the polar region is the coldest place on the planet. Hmm, maybe yes, because there are so many icebergs, but there is no human life there. Well this is the coldest place that can still be occupied by humans, the name Oymyakon! Curious what kind of portrait of human life there? Come on, see the photos!
1. In the east of Russia
Well, this Oymyakon is located in the east of Russia. The population is not so much, only about 500 people.
2. The temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius!
http://visityakutia.com/Believe it or not, the average temperature there is minus 30-40 degrees Celsius. Even in certain months it can reach minus 50 degrees Celsius! I can’t imagine how cold it is.
3. There’s still summer, you know
http://visityakutia.com/Even though it is the coldest place in the world, there is also the term “summer”, really. Yes, their summer is around minus 20 degrees Celsius… For us, it’s still very cold, isn’t it.
4. What is the extreme temperature?
http://visityakutia.com/Recorded in history, the extreme temperature that has ever occurred there was around minus 71 degrees Celsius, namely in 1926. So unbelievable!
5. Their lives are the same as ours
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http://visityakutia.com/If you are wondering “how is their daily life there?”. Well, like life in other countries, they also work, children go to school, and housewives shop.
6. How to survive
http://www.isigood.com/To survive there, of course they also need to eat. Well, usually they fish under the frozen river. In addition, they can also buy it in the market. The fish looks really frozen, huh!
7. Breaking records
http://visityakutia.com/Shhh, they say the Yakuts couple broke the record for the longest kiss in the world, you know! You know, it’s super duper cold there.
8. There is a mining company there too
http://visityakutia.com/Another amazing thing about this place is that there is the largest diamond mine in Siberia, you know! Yeap, there is a mining company owned by a Russian company, ALROSA located.
9. How come you can travel here
http://www.isigood.com/For those of you who are curious to try traveling there, you can buy tour packages at visityakutia.com. Later, if you go there, you won’t be escorted by a deer, really, hehe. But still use a car, because the distance traveled is quite far, here, thousands of kilometers from the capital of Yakutia.
As for the cost of the tour package itself, it can be quite expensive too, and you can’t go there alone. Well, for 2-3 people, the price is USD 2,600 or around IDR 32.7 million per person. For 4-6 people, the price falls even lower, which is USD 1,680 or around Rp. 21.1 million. It’s expensive, but it’s guaranteed that the experience of living in the coldest place in the world will never be forgotten! hihi.
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