'Dress like a cabbage' - The secret to survival in the coldest city in the world
(Baonghean.vn) - In Yakutsk - the city known as the coldest place on Earth, this week, an unusually long cold spell has caused the temperature to drop to minus 50 degrees Celsius.
Located about 5,000 km east of Moscow, on the permafrost in the Russian Far East, residents of this city often witness temperatures below minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Anastasia Gruzdeva, a local resident who went outside with two scarves, two pairs of gloves and several layers of hats and coats, shared: “One cannot fight this cold weather, one can only adapt and wear suitable clothes, otherwise there will be consequences.”
Another resident, Nurgusun Starostina, who sells frozen fish at a market but doesn't use a refrigerator or freezer, says there's no special secret to coping with the cold here.
“Just dress warmly, in layers, like a cabbage,” she said.
Some pictures in Yakutsk during record cold:
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Marina Krivolutskaya and Marianna Ugai, fishmongers, pose for a picture at an open-air market on a freezing day in Yakutsk, Russia, on January 15. Photo: Reuters |
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Pedestrians cross the street on a cold winter day in Yakutsk, Russia on January 15. Yakutsk, one of the northernmost cities of Russia, is experiencing an unusual cold spell, with temperatures dropping to minus 51 degrees Celsius on January 15. Photo: Reuters |
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Trader Yegor Dyachkovsky, 45, takes a photo at an outdoor market in Yakutsk, Russia on January 15. Photo: Reuters |
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Market scene in the cold weather of Russian winter. Photo: Reuters |
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A thermometer outside a hotel in central Yakutsk, Russia, on January 15 showed an air temperature of approximately minus 48 degrees Celsius. Photo: Reuters |
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