Is this the toughest job on earth? Working outside all day in Yakutsk, Russia, known as the world's coldest city, where ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. To watch the sun rise during winter in Yakutsk, you need to set ...

The main local attraction during the winter is, of course, the cold itself. To fully appreciate it, the best time to visit is from mid-December to February. This is when the temperature here drops to ...

Yakutsk: The Coldest City on Earth, Where Even Markets Freeze Solid (Image: Canva) What if your city was so cold that stepping outside for minutes could cause frostbite? What if the air you breathed ...

With average highs of –40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, the Siberian city of Yakutsk, Russia, is one of the world's coldest continually inhabited places. In 2008 a visiting journalist wearing ...

Join us on a 5-day journey across Russia to Yakutsk, the coldest city on earth, traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The route passes through Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Chita, and the ...

A woman in the world's coldest city says temperatures plummet as low as -64.4C and residents age faster. Kiun B lives in Yakutsk, Siberia where the mercury falls below -64.4C (-83.9F) in winter and ...

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