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Yakutian (Siberian) villages are the coldest places in the world now!

On 11.28.11, In Climate, Competition, Daily, News, Places, Science, Technologies, By Bolot

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 planet 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 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/Yakutia) definitely, as such lowest temperatures are usual for this region.

Tagged with: Climate • cold • cold weather • Coldest city in the world • coldest place on Earth • Oymyakon • Russia • Siberia • Verkhoyansk • Weather • Yakutia • Yakutsk

Two Coldest Expeditions in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia [photos]

On 11.22.11, In Climate, expedition, Photos, Travel, By Bolot

Two pictures only, but they are definitely worth to see.

Vladimir Potapov during his snowmobile expedition to the Arctic zone of Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. Early November 2011.

Vladimir Potapov during his snowmobile expedition in the Arctic zone of Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. Early November 2011.

More about 2011 Arctic Snowmobile Expedition to Laptev Sea in Yakutia, Siberia / Russia.

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Tagged with: Climate • cold • cold weather • Oymyakon • photo • Pole of Cold • Russia • Siberia • snow • Weather • winter • Yakutia

Yakutsk Live Photostream

On 02.24.11, In Photos, Places, By Bolot

These trees overloaded with snow resemble sculptures of an old man and hugging kids. Yeah, winter is still in the Siberian city of Yakutsk. This morning we had -34C. Pretty warm to us. A photo was taken by the iPhone on Feb. 25, 2011.

I am trying to make a sort of Yakutsk Live Photostream. Daily I take new mobile pictures of Yakutsk (Yakutia/Russia) and upload them instantly to my Twitpic account. Updates are automatically published on Twitter @yakutia. So, do follow me, if interested.

Tagged with: cold • cold weather • photo • Russia • Sakha • Siberia • snow • Twitter • Weather • winter • winter picture • Yakutia • Yakutsk

Winter holidays in Helsinki, Finland. Pictures by Piero Damiani

On 01.27.11, In Climate, Photos, Places, Travel, By Bolot

Snowy winter holidays in Helsinki, Finland. Picture by Piero Damiani.

On the web, especially on twitter, I see often people complaining about the cold weather and winter. In a Washington DC forum one lady asked, if there were other cold admirers, and she immediately got replies like, “Are you nuts?!”

My god, how is it possible not to love the cold? Especially when the cold weather is not extreme, mild and snowy as it is in Helsinki.

Take a look at Piero Damiani’s winter street photographs taken during this month’s holidays in Helsinki, Finland. Awesome! True wonderland to dream about!

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Tagged with: city • Climate • cold • cold weather • Finland • Helsinki • holidays • photo • Piero Damiani • snow • street pictures • Weather • winter • winter photographs • winter picture

Why Oymyakon & Verkhoyansk not in WX-Now’s Coldest Place on Earth Chart?

On 01.24.11, In Climate, Competition, Daily, News, Places, Science, Technologies, By Bolot

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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Tagged with: Calgary • Canada • Climate • cold • cold weather • Coldest city in the world • coldest place on Earth • Mirny • Oymyakon • Russia • Siberia • Tiksi • Verkhoyansk • Weather • Yakutia • Yakutsk

Snowstorms in Sakhalin, Russia

On 01.19.11, In Lives, News, TV, Videos, By Bolot

Heavy snowstorms might paralyze any place in any corner of the world. Russia is not exception. Yesterday’s blizzard caused many troubles in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the Far Eastern Sakhalin island. Car accidents on roads, 2-meter snowdrifts on sidewalks, and kids allowed not to attend classes.

Tagged with: Climate • cold • cold weather • News • Russia • Sakhalin • Siberia • snow • snowstorm • video • Weather • winter

New York City and snowstorms like two brothers different, but together look great!

On 01.13.11, In Climate, Flickr, Lives, Photos, By Bolot

Jumping for joy on the Central Park mall. By Rob Littlefield.

St. Pat's in the snow. By Whitney Hoover.

Here are pictures of last night’s snowstorm in New York City. It seems snowy weather in NYC is not already abnormal. They are more like two brothers, who would love to stay far from each other, but together look great!

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Tagged with: cold • cold weather • New York • photo • snow • USA • Weather • winter

Siberian cold protection mittens. Crafted by the Evens.

On 01.11.11, In Clothes, Cultures, Events, Photos, By Bolot

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A few months ago, the native cloth festival was held in the Siberian city of Yakutsk. Precisely, it took place in March 2010.

A friend of mine, Ajar Varlamov visited that event and brought fantastic pictures of so-called Siberian cold protection clothes, in other words, regular winter fur clothes of the nomadic Even people. Immediately, I posted them on my other blog eYakutia.com – English Yakutia.

Here I present a few of those gorgeous images dedicated solely to Even mittens. Beautiful, aren’t they?

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Tagged with: cold • cold protection • Even • mitten • native people • Russia • Sakha • Siberia • Weather • winter • winter clothes • Yakutia • Yakutsk

Winter holidays in Stockholm, Sweden. Pictures by Piero Damiani

On 01.08.11, In Climate, Photos, Places, Travel, By Bolot

Winter holidays in Stockholm, Sweden. Street pictures by Piero Damiani.

I have a friend in Australia. His name is Piero Damiani and he is a big fan of cold weather. Every winter (in northern hemisphere) he spends holidays in cold regions. Last times he was travelling across Canada and North-Western Europe.

Here is the list of previous posts with Piero Damiani‘s gorgeous winter pictures:

- ColdUnited Flickr Pick: -42C in Yellowknife, Canada;
- Photos: Traveling through the winter cold – Edmonton, Canada;
- Traveling through the winter cold – Jasper, Canada;
- Traveling through the winter cold – Reykjavik, Iceland.

By the way, Piero is an active member of the Flickr community. All latest photographs might be found in his photostream.

This winter he is exploring Scandinavia, a beautiful land of magic, but mild European winter. The first stop, if I am correct, was Stockholm, Sweden. You know, it’s hard to follow him, as he is a fast traveller.

Further, please, find his pictures of winter holidays in Stockholm, Sweden taken on January 4-5, 2011. Awesome, aren’t they?

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