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How they live in the coldest city in the world

Yakutsk in Siberia.

A population of 270 000 people. Temperatures here drop to -42 degrees in the winter. Tomorrow – Sunday ( January 26th) the forecast is minimum temperature of -48 degrees and maximum degrees to reach around noon are -39 degrees Celsius. The record for the lowest temperature measured here is -63.8 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, in the city often falls very dense fog, limiting visibility . However, 270,000 people live here and go to work every day. Yakutsk is a major port city, here is mine and the gold and precious stones. Produced gas and oil. Most houses are raised on a platform because when I finally spring comes and the snow and ice begin to melt to form a giant mud in the streets and rivers flowing from it. During the warm months of the year can not be crossed and the Lena River . In winter it freezes and goes quiet , but no bridge . Summer anyway short.

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