Today it’s -2C with 98% humidity.
The article from Atlas Obscura on Oymyakon:
“With the ground in a state of permafrost, it takes several days to dig a grave, a strenuous task of lighting a bonfire for a few hours, then pushing the coals aside to dig a few inches, then starting another fire, and so on and so forth, until the hole is big enough to hold a coffin.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oymyakon-arctic-circle
It’s a dry cold though
Well that was pretty fascinating.
I had pictured “Western Russian” features instead of Asian but that makes sense.
Glad the reporter didn’t lose his nose.
Amazing the places people choose to live.
The town is on the Kolyma Highway, the “Road of Bones.” It connects Magadan with Irkutsk and was built with Gulag slave labor.
Wow, I just can’t imagine living under those conditions.......I guess if that’s been the only life you have known, you don’t realize that there is a better life in a warmer climate......