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Surviving Winter in Yakutsk, the World's Coldest City
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| Jan. 31 2014 12:30 PM
| Ella Morton
Posted on 02/06/2014 12:57:34 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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I grew up in Montana but I've lived down south for long enough that I'd be willing to try it for a few weeks. I'n not sure I could hang for a full winter, though.
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posted on
02/06/2014 12:57:34 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Siberian sushi, river fish caught in the winter are instantly flash frozen. Use a sharp knife and slice thin slices and wash down with vodka.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:03:03 PM PST
by
AU72
To: Pan_Yan
I’ve lived through -39 in Bozeman, Montana once...
As they say, when we spoke, our words would freeze and drop to the ground, not thawing until Spring (read July). As the built up words thawed, it sounded like crowds of people shouting outside.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
It was 29 degrees in Atlanta this morning ... 50 higher than in Billings, MT where I grew up.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:04:20 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
I’m living in the frozen northeast....I’ll pass.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:04:36 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: Pan_Yan
270k is a LOT of people.
I visited Fairbanks AK last year and was surprised by how small it was.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:06:04 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: Pan_Yan
Is Yakutsk still part of the “Risk” board game?
As I recall (from the 1960’s version), me and my junior high school pals would mass HUGE armies in Alaska and Yakutsk, and then engage in suicidal mass slaughters trying to break into Asia or North America on alternate turns.
To: Pan_Yan
Yakutsk and Irkutsk - the only territories in Risk that never have a big battle. But they were always fun to pronounce.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:06:37 PM PST
by
kidd
To: zeestephen
Your thinking of Kamchatka.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:07:25 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
Heh.
-40 to -70? Nope.
Reminds of a poem about the Kolyma Basin in Siberia, home of many a Gulag camp.
“Kolyma; wonderful planet.
Twelve months winter
The rest...summer.”
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:07:33 PM PST
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Pan_Yan
Stock up on fuel, food and on supplies for making alcoholic beverages and the winter just flies by whever you are.
And remember: no lawn mowing in winter!
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:07:34 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Pan_Yan
You’re not your.
Dang it.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:07:53 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
Maybe we should send Al Gore there to warm things up.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:09:30 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
To: Pan_Yan
Earlier this month I spent a night in city 200 miles north of Montreal and the temp went to -42 Celsius...which is something like -46F.I wanna tell ya...that's COLD! The gas station where I went to fill up told me their diesel pumps weren't working because it was too cold.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:09:34 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
To: Pan_Yan
I had thought cities bordering on the Arctic ocean like Archangel, Murmansk or Barrow, Alaska would be the world's coldest. But Yakutsk has AVERAGE highs in December and January below -30. I guess its inland location and long distance from any large body of water makes for these temperature extremes.
What keeps people there beyond the fact that one-fifth of the world's diamonds are mined in the general vicinity?
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:13:05 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
I have no idea what employs 270,000 people in that place but now that you’ve asked I’ll have to look it up.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:15:59 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
It’s probably that cold in places in Nunavut, Canada. There are almost no cities in that province...
To: Pan_Yan
Doesn't look to bad... the forecast for today is a high of -36 degrees!
http://www.accuweather.com/en/ru/yakutsk/290150/weather-forecast/290150
To: Pan_Yan
Just checked Wunderground.com for several cool locales. Current temps are:
Yakutsk, Russia -45 F.
Ojmjakon, Russia -48 F.
Vostok, Antarctica -57 F.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:27:24 PM PST
by
Perseverando
(Obamanation: It's ALL about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: Pan_Yan
According to Wiki:
“Yakutsk is responsible for a fifth of the world’s production of diamonds,[6] and is home to ALROSA and other mining companies. The city is also home to a significant food industry, to tanneries, to sawmills, and to factories for building materials.[6]
Yakutia Airlines has its head office in the city.”
Lots of mining, fishing, milling, and, some industry. Decent looking town from the pictures. Decent enough looking town from the pics.
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posted on
02/06/2014 1:28:55 PM PST
by
FAA
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