ABOUT 4000 people live in Oymyakon, Russia, though the temperature can drop as low as -58°C there, making it the coldest place on earth where people have set up residence.
People have visited colder parts of the globe, such as Vostok, Antarctica, which gets as cold as -67°C. But people do not live there permanently.
The actual weather station is in a valley between Oymyakon and Tomtor. The station is at a height of 750m and the surrounding mountains at 1100m, causing cold air to pool in the valley.
Its name in the Sakha language means "non-freezing water" due to the presence of a natural hot spring nearby.
The ground there is permanently frozen -
bbc.co.uk; ecolocalizer.com; bigsiteofamazingfacts.com
People live in this frozen part of earth
ABOUT 4000 people live in Oymyakon, Russia, though the temperature can drop as low as -58°C there, making it the coldest place on earth where people have set up residence.
People have visited colder parts of the globe, such as Vostok, Antarctica, which gets as cold as -67°C. But people do not live there permanently.
The actual weather station is in a valley between Oymyakon and Tomtor. The station is at a height of 750m and the surrounding mountains at 1100m, causing cold air to pool in the valley.
Its name in the Sakha language means "non-freezing water" due to the presence of a natural hot spring nearby.
The ground there is permanently frozen -
bbc.co.uk; ecolocalizer.com; bigsiteofamazingfacts.com
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