Did you know that Oymyakon is the coldest inhabited place on Earth? Its minimum temperature is -71,2°C. The Oymyakon valley is surrounded by the mountains that keep cold air around. However, people live and work here all the year round! The average temperature in January is about -50°C. But what could a tourist do up there? See our top 10 things to do at the Northern Pole of Cold in Yakutia. credit: BaikalNature https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNfJM4xdzNrCH0NnKefW2g | Great Russia

Residents of Oymyakon, Earth's coldest permanently inhabited place in Yakutia went for a splash as air temperature dipped to -57C. Several of river Indigirka tributaries outside Oymyakon never freeze in winter due to active springs, so water temperature stays approx 1/ 2C. Video by Ulyana Zakharova | The Siberian Times