🌐 Om Yakon: The Coldest Village in the World 🥶

Om Yakon is a small village in the Russian Republic of Zaha, reputed to be the coldest permanently inhabited place in the world.

It used to record a low of -67.7 ° C in 1933, and some sources indicate that it may have been as low as -71.2 ° C, while the typical winter is cold, averaging around -50 ° C, but the amazing thing is that in summer the temperature can reach 25-30 ° C.

Living in this cold has forced the people of Om Yakon to adapt to extremes.

The main food is frozen meat and fish, because it is almost uncultivated. Many cars have to start the machine all the time. Otherwise, the engine may be so stiff that the starter does not stick. Most homes often have outdoor latrines to avoid the problem of ice pipes.

Even when it's this cold, the school will close only if the temperature drops below -52 ° C - if only -40 ° C, the kids will go to school normally.

The cold also brings strange obstacles, such as fountain pens are unusable, metal glasses may stick to the skin, and even burial is difficult, because the soil is as hard as rock, must set fire to the ground for hours before excavation.

The reason why Om Yakon is so cold is due to the terrain in the basin between the mountain ranges, so that the cold air is trapped, along with the Arctic Circle, so it only gets a few hours of winter sunshine a day.

📌. Something to know.

The name "Om Yakon" translates to "water that never freezes" because near the village there are natural hot springs - a name that sounds controversial, but is back in the coldest land on earth incredibly.