Friday, May 11, 2012

Yakutsk, the place where you can be frozen in seconds

You think your winters are colder? You are feeling much cold at the temperature of -5C. Just imagine yourself at a place where the weather is -50C. Yakutsk, the capital city of Sakha Republic in Russia has the honor to have the lowest temperature in the world with highest numbers of inhabitants.
The lowest temperature recorded in Yakutsk is -64.4C. There are many other places where temperature is lower than Yakutsk but there are very less number of inhabitants or there are no inhabitants living there at all.
Yakutsk Discovery:
Yakutsk was founded in 1632 by Pyotr Beketov. Administratively Yakutsk is incorporated as “Yakutsk City of Republic Significance”. Due to its mineral reserves, it is also known as the City of Gold and Diamonds.
Why people moving to Yakutsk rather than leaving:
The reason of people moving in to Yakutsk is not because of its freezing temperature but rather something else. Yes, you got it resources and plenty of them. The discovery of large reserves of gold, diamonds, gas, petrol and other minerals in 1880′s and 1890′s make this freezing place famous and so the population if on the rise.
What other things are amazing about Yakutsk:
  • If you are not dressed properly, you can be frozen with in seconds.
  • -45C and you will be warned not to wear glasses, because it can stick to your cheeks and will tear off your flesh on removing them.
  • -40C is considered cold, Yes, you heard me just cold and not very cold.
  • When some one throw water out of a glass, it changes into ice within a couple of seconds while producing a small blast.

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