Photographs of Oymyakon, the Coldest Village on the Face of the Earth

[Maple Leaf]

Yeah... −67 C is kinda cold

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Photographs of Oymyakon, the Coldest Village on the Face of the Earth Located in the heart of Siberia, the village of Oymyakon in Russia is widely considered to be the coldest inhabited place on Earth. A temperature of 90 F  (−67.7 °C) was recorded there back in 1933 — the lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited spot in the world. New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple paid a visit to the 500-person village and captured a series of beautiful photographs showing what life is like inside this extreme village. Read full story

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Yikes! Last year, one day in winter, it was colder in Winnipeg that it was on the surface of the moon - and it was just more than HALF as cold as that place! Wow.