Yakutsh is home to about 300,000 people, rich in diamonds, gold, uranium and other mineral resources. The coldest city in the world has winter temperatures typically dropping to around -40 degrees Celsius, with an average warm summer reaching 24 degrees Celsius in July. This is also the only city in the world with such a high difference in two seasons.
It was thought that cold weather would make the city deserted, but the truth was the opposite. Here, people are happy because there are roads, markets, and public transportation. Infrastructures, supermarkets, hotels, cafes, and restaurants are all operating fully and bustlingly. Yakutsh even has bars and nightclubs where people can drink beer and enjoy music.
The average winter temperature in Yakutsk is around -20 degrees Celsius, but people here still consider it warm because the weather can sometimes drop to -40 degrees Celsius or lower. The Sakha people who mainly live in this area are the descendants of Turkish nomads.
Their small shapes help them adapt well to cold weather. Low body shape is beneficial because they are less likely to lose body heat than people with large body shapes. This helps them adapt to harsh weather.
Because of the cold weather, people often have to wear many layers of clothing to keep warm. However, when the temperature drops too low, they are forced to stay at home to ensure safety. With thick clothes to wear to keep warm the body, people in Yakutsk have to wear enough clothes for up to 15 minutes when going out.
When stepping out of the door, all parts of the human body must be covered, only a part of the face can be exposed to see the road. However, this can easily lead to frozen eyelids and nose. Removing the gloves from your gloves for 5 minutes can lead to serious numbness in the cornea, even pain like a needle.
It is very dangerous to touch the metal here because the skin can stick to the metal and then cannot be removed. Therefore, people are advised not to wear glasses because the metal frame can stick tightly to the face and the contact skin is vulnerable if the glasses are deliberately removed.
Y cutting up water in Yakutsk is taken from the river and they are all covered with rocks. People had to come here, bit each stone to bring home, put it in a storage Bin and beat it to pieces, heating it up to drink water.
There is no need for a refrigerator here because the air is even colder than a refrigerator. Food items such as fruits and meat only need to be hung up for preservation.
From the trees standing on the roadside to the fish in the market, they were completely frozen. Many things just need to be taken outdoors for 10 minutes without a protective cover to quickly freeze. Even the boiling water will immediately turn into snow crystals flying in the air.
Because humans cannot travel outdoors, the role of cars is very important in moving. However, vehicles left outdoors for a long time will also experience engine oil congestion, and vehicles that are frozen will have difficulty starting the engine.
Many owners keep their cars indoors to get a heating system to protect them from harsh weather. If their vehicles are left outdoors, they have to wait until the summer, when the weather is warm again, to be able to restart their vehicles.
Water and natural gas pipelines are built on the ground because it is almost impossible to dig ice to place the pipelines underground. Winter activities here last up to 6 months for visitors to enjoy, because ice and snow here will be present all year round.
