Posted on 02/06/2014 12:57:34 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To watch the sun rise during winter in Yakutsk, you need to set your alarm clock for 10:40 a.m. In late December, the sun will appear a few minutes later, softly illuminating a few scurrying, fur-clad forms on the snowy fog-filled streets.
Yakutsk, located in Yakutia, a republic in Siberia, is the world's coldest city. In January the mean temperature hovers around minus 40 F, but days in the negative 70s are not unheard of. At this level of coldness, it's best not to wear glasses outside—the metal freezes and sticks to your face, making it difficult to remove your specs without tearing off chunks of cheek.
The 270,000 residents of Yakutsk have a few key methods for surviving the unrelenting cold. The first is to spend as little time as possible outside.
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The fact that Yakutsk is responsible for a fifth of the world’s production of diamonds might explain why 270K people live there.
You can look at it on google street view, looks like a S*%#hole to me
“”””-15F near Spirit Lake this morning. Wind had a definite edge to it when I went out to do the chores. Horses all had frost in their whiskers. Wood stove did a great job of keeping us warm.””””
I want to be where you are... well I don’t mean with you like that, I mean on the farm tending to the horses and the wood stove... like that. My own place, you know... with my wife... and not with that temperature either, more like a minimum of 20degrees.
Oh how I sit and dream about that while I’m in this cubicle box...
On the plus side, there’s probably zero panhandling in Yakutsk.
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