Life At −67°C | The COLDEST Village On Earth

What’s it like to live where school only gets canceled below −50°C? Oymyakon, a village of about 500 people in Yakutia, Russia, is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. The average January temperature is −46°C, and the official record is −67.7°C. Cars are left running all night so they’ll start in the morning. Toilets are outside. In December there are only about three hours of daylight. In this episode, you’ll spend a winter morning in Oymyakon. You’ll find out what people eat when nothing grows, why a single boiler plant keeps the whole village alive, why smoke from a chimney can mean life or death, and why people stay in a place where even ink freezes. The characters in this story are composites. The village, the temperatures and the numbers are real. 💬 What would you bring with you to Oymyakon? Tell us in the comments. 📚 Sources: Oymyakon, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakon Smithsonian Magazine — https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/phot... Culture Trip — https://www.theculturetrip.com/europe/russ... #Oymyakon #Yakutia #ColdestPlace #Siberia #Documentary