Siberian villagest are the coldest places in the world now! Woo hoo!

Siberian villages are the coldest places in the world now! Woo hoo!

The only website that gives the full answer to the question, “Which places are the coldest on the Earth now?” is Ogimet.com. Check it!

Currently, the world’s coldest place is Oymyakon (also known as Ojmjakon) in East Yakutia, Siberia / Russia). It’s -46.9C now.

Other top coldest places on the Earth belong to Yakutian (Siberian) villages:

2. Segen-Kyuel’, -46.4 °C
3. Tompo, -44.4 °C
4. Batamaj, -43.7 °C
5. Ust’- Moma, -43.1 °C
6. Curapca, -43.0 °C
7. Verhojansk, -42.9 °C

Do you know what? This winter will be coldest in Yakutia (East Siberia/Russia) definitely, as such lowest temperatures are usual for this region. Cold winter weather dwells in Siberia as well as in Yakutsk, that’s becoming to be recognized as the coldest city in the world.

Coldest places on Earth at WX-Now... and no Siberian settlements of Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon in the top...

Coldest places on Earth at WX-Now... and no Siberian settlements of Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon in the top...

A year ago I chatted with Jordi, the Catalonian meteorology fan, who runs an amazing blog about amazing snow, http://amazingsnow.wordpress.com/. Think, he is more than just a climate fan, he is actually a pro. Once he wrote the article Limits of Oymyakon for Cold United. A professional could create such a scientific text only.

So I asked him, whether it is possible to display the chart of the current coldest places weather info on any website and, if yes, how to do that. He said that the lowest for “the moment” was not an easy thing to find.

However, Jordi gave me the link to the weather info website www.ogimet.com, I presume, he was working on its development, and said that the world’s coldest places ranking didn’t work yet at that moment…

A few months ago, I received a message from a class mate, who lives now in Calgary. He provided the link to WX-Now’s Coldest places on Earth page and stated, “Calgary is the second coldest place in the world!” I said, “What?!”

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Friendship. By Tatiana Matveeva.

The Best of Russia is the online photo contest. People are asked to submit their best photographs and show their own Russia. Eventually all collected pictures show the country as it is seen by ordinary citizens, and what they see is the best.

Enjoy more winter photographs.

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Anthony Jinman, the UK Arctic explorer, works hard as usual. This time he is arranging International Scott Centenary Expedition 2012 dedicated to Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN, who a century ago set out with his companions for the South Pole and never returned. Now their descendents will embark on a journey of commemoration. They will lead a sledging team to Captain Scott’s final resting place, to meet relatives from all five families involved and hold a memorial service for the nation.

ISCE 2012 is a part of the Education Through Expeditions project, that you might find in my list of Cold-Related Projects.

GOOD NEWS!

If you are 18-30 year old, there is a chance for you to join that expedition. Anthony Jinman announced the competition. What you need to do is to write an article of 500-1,000 words entitled: “Why Captain Scott is important to me.”

More about the writing competition on the FB page ISCE Daily Telegraph Competition.


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