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.

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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Snowstorm in Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia. October 27, 2011

Snowstorm in Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia. October 27, 2011

Yesterday was a turning day in Yakutsk. It looked like the Winter said, “Ok, no more games with mild winter weather. Let’s have the real cold come right now and for a long time.”

The day didn’t promise anything extraordinary. It was pretty regular in the beginning. -3C and light snow. By the end of a work day, something happened. Winds started blowing furiously and snow descended in abundance. It was the Arctic-like blizzard that lasted, unfortunately, not so long.

Cool anyway! People liked it. See more snowstorm photographs and a video.

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Yakutsk Live Photostream

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.

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.

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Mikael Stranberg on the Termo Original promo poster

Mikael Stranberg on the Termo Original promo poster

This is really great what Mikael Stranberg, a famous Swedish explorer, did. He allowed me to show his travel winter photographs on the Cold United weblog. Awesome!


Who is Mikael Strandberg?

Actually, no need to say who Mikael Strandberg is, but I will be happy to introduce him.

He is a member of The Royal Geographical Society, Explorers Club, The Long Riders Guild, and Travellers Club.

He is the man who did Expedition: Siberia 2004 across Kolyma in Yakutia.

It’s him, who features the world’s major explorers on his personal blog www.mikaelstrandberg.com

It’s, certainly, Mikael, who officially does promo for Termo Original.

Back to the current post. Hereby, we present Mikael’s cold photographs taken at three different places, precisely in Kolyma (Yakutia/Siberia), Iceland and Argentina. Enjoy fantastic winter pictures!

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A Siberian hunter silver sunglasses. In the palaeontology museum in the village of Bötönkös near Batagai in Verkhoyansky region, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. A picture by Ajar Varlamov.

A Siberian hunter silver sunglasses in the palaeontology museum of the Bötönkös village near Batagai in Verkhoyansky region, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. Cool! An ancient snow-n-sun protection thing! A picture by Ajar Varlamov.

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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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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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Just imagine. You woke up in the morning and see this in the window…

Polar bears invaded the Russian region of Sakha-Yakutia in Siberia's Arctic. Photo by Boris Gorokhov

Polar bears invaded the Russian region of Sakha-Yakutia in Siberia's Arctic. Photo by Boris Gorokhov

Polar bears invaded the Russian region of Sakha-Yakutia in Siberia's Arctic. Photo by Boris Gorokhov

Polar bears are becoming common in the northern part of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia’s Siberia and Far East. They are coming to Yakutia’s Arctic seashore regularly and it is not an extraordinary event anymore.

A decade ago, people considered polar bears’ delving into the region as the sign of bears’ curiousity. Now they come to the mainland for food apparently. Is it the global warming forcing them to penetrate Siberia’s Arctic?..

Take a look at exclusive pictures of polar bears, who recently approached to the weather station in Yakutia, Siberia/ Russia. Initially, the author, Boris Gorokhov, published on the OhotaSakha.ru website dedicated to hunting and fishing in Yakutia… Oh, don’t worry. The photographer is not a hunter and nothing bad happened to Arctic wild animals.

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Hello, friends!

Just remembered all cold regions, apart from Russia, are going to celebrate Christmas pretty soon! Here are my wishes to you.

Don’t complain about the cold weather, if it happened on your side. Look at my X-mas iPhone video greeting (a sort of) done, while I was standing on the crossroad in front of Yakutsk City Hall this morning. The outdoor temperature was -44C. Presume it is much colder than yours :)

Take care! Have fun! Take your time to find the best gifts in stores! Enjoy the X-mas fever!

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