-46C. Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia. Jan. 14, 2010. 11:03.
A view from my window. That’s what we have currently outdoor in Yakutsk. Pretty cold. -46C. Happy Valentine’s Day 
Yes, we did it. We were in Yakutia’s valley of Oymyakon. Our first morning in the coldest place in Siberia. It was -52C. Pretty good, indeed and felt really good. Watch the video and see what cold air we were breating.
Strange. It was -52C, but we felt really cold. We couldn’t stay outside more than 15 minutes. But when we registered -57.1C in Tomtor on the day of our depature for Yakutsk, it was bearable. We were even surprised at such a low temp at that moment. (more…)
YAKUTSK – A local popular newspaper, Yakutsk Verchenyj, decided to surprise the residents of the coldest Siberian city and give them the New Year festive mood. Its workers have put Santa Clause’s hat on the head of Lenin Statue on the main square. See how it looked. In a few hours city officials said “That’s not good!” and took it off. Locals liked Lenin’s look
Happy New Year!
On 12.26.09, In Adventures, Humours, By Silandi
About a Boy Special
Ms Merkel’s Christmas Adventure (1 / 3)
BY SEBASTIAN DALKOWSKI – last update: 24.12.2009 – 18:18
Duesseldorf (RPO). Our columnist gets bored at Christmas and therefore think of a three-part adventure with the Chancellor. In the first episode Ms. Merkel arrives at the end of the world.
“Friends, the ice has cost another 10 pfennig the ball.” Photo: AP
Mrs Merkel was sweating like the underside of a lid, which lay on a pot of boiling water. She liked to draw early in the morning to ski their lonely orbits through the snow, but Mr. Sauer and they had long ceased to be in Switzerland, and she was a little out of practice. Now, at Christmas, they had finally found the time. With joy she thought of the evening, Christmas Eve. You, Mr. Sauer, the food, the tree, the gifts, the gifts, the gifts.
The sound that launched the failure of these plans was initially low. Mrs Merkel is hardly heard as loudly as she panted. Then she stopped in amazement and turned around. In the distance, a black van drove up. The track would destroy the whole beautiful, thought Mrs. Merkel. Driving here was not allowed at all.
Then she sat down again on the move. The noise grew louder. Mrs. Merkel stopped again, turned around and looked angrily at the van, which was slower and slower and finally stopped a few feet away from her.
“What are you thinking?” She cried, pointing a bird, still got out before anyone. The driver did not move. It was only then she noticed that he wore a black balaclava.
“Oh,” thought Mrs. Merkel, “I better be leaving.”
But no sooner had she turned, jumped two men, who also wore ski masks, from the hold into the snow. Three seconds later, Mrs. Merkel was black before his eyes.
This is Pokrovsk, a small town located on the bank of the biggest Siberian river, Lena. A hundred kilometres south off Yakutsk. Every spring these wooden houses are flooded, but now they seem to be frozen together with the Lena River. Pictures taken on Dec. 17, 2009. When outdoor temperature was approx. -35C, and the wind was biting.
Russia, Siberia, Novosibirsk
Ob river
Photos from Gambell, Alaska. A Yupik Village on St. Lawrence Island out in the Bering Sea. The tip of the Island is located about 40 miles or so from Siberia.
Birds and animals are in their sets.
Have a look from Alaska to Siberia:
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That’s what I see on my way home in the evening. In the last Friday evening, Dec. 4, 2009, we had -41ºC and fog and no winds. So the frost was almost dry and burning, and my quickly frozen camera was slow to take pictures. Many unfocused shots were just deleted. See the left pics.
That’s a X-mas tree on the Ordzhanikidze Sq. No garlands and decorations yet. We are promised to see its finished beauty on Dec. 9, 2009. Hope it will be so. (more…)
