When thinking of the world's coldest places, many might imagine vast, barren stretches of snow, with little vegetation and ...

Frostbite and hypothermia are 'almost as common as the cold itself' in the bone-chilling Siberian city of Yakutsk. With December temperatures ranging between -31 and -41 fahrenheit, and an average ...

This story appears in the February 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Earth’s highest city, its most crowded city, its most polluted city: Geneva-based photographer Steeve Iuncker ...

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Humans are resilient, hardworking creatures. And there's perhaps nowhere where that's more evident than in the tiny village of Oymyakon, Russia, regarded by most as the coldest permanently ...

Romanian Cosmin Crăciun drove approximately 26,000 kilometers from Buzău, southern Romania, to Yakutsk, Russia, the coldest ...

Yakutsk (Russia) Yakutsk is the capital of the Sakha Republic of Russia and the city experiences some of the most severe winters of the world.

Yakutsk in Siberia is the coldest city on earth. In winter it is rarely warmer than minus 40. Here’s a good pub fact for you: minus 40 is the only temperature that’s the same on both the ...

Chapple stayed in a small guesthouse in Yakutsk before befriending locals and being invited into their home. "I tried to cook meals for them as thanks, but it's pretty hard to put together a plate ...