Visiting the COLDEST CITY in the World (-71°C, -96°F) YAKUTSK / YAKUTIA

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I'm in the coldest city on the planet; Yakutsk, which is in Yakutia / Siberia / Russia. The lowest air temperature ever recorded here is -96°F (-71°C)
The coldest town is Oymyakon, which is also in Yakutia, Siberia. This region is also called Sakha Republic and it is affiliated to Russia.

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You might have heard that Minnesota, Michigan or North Dakota are very cold in the Winter. But Yakutsk is a whole different story. This is not Alaska too.

Lately, I’ve been watching solo camping in winter videos and I encourage Xander Budnick, Mav, Steve Wallis, Wargeh Bushcraft, Upnorthof60, Asbjorn Olsen-Berg Bushcraft channels to come to Yakutsk in Winter and make a camping survival video.

Here are the links to my favorites:
3 Days Solo Winter Camping - deep snow, no tent, below -20°C
Truck Camping in -19 degrees
Ice Camping for the Biggest Trout of my Life
U-Haul Stealth Camping In -35 Degrees
Tent Inside Tent Winter Camping

But they should be aware of blizzards, snow storms and heavy rains.
Winter camping is hard here, even harder than the cold weather of Ontario, Canada.
A night camping in the middle of a blizzard is no joke, so does ice camping. Luckily there are a lot of fish to catch in extreme cold temperatures.

Flights from Los Angeles to Yakutsk is about 30 hours and a one way ticket costs around 1000 American Dollars. There were no flights from New York City in the Winter. Fortunately, hotel fares were cheap and affordable in Siberia.

Second episode of Rediscovery will be coming very soon.

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A traveller sees a resident of Yakutsk eating ice cream outside.
-Dude why are you doing that? It’s -50C and you are eating ice cream?!
-Ice cream is only -20C. I’m trying to warm myself up

vijsek

This is a city where literally everyone is just chillin.

TheRealGuywithoutaMustache

Here, the refrigerator is used as a microwave.

DonnaIRL

Sorry for my english in advance*
Me and my family once nearly died when our car broke down just as he said at 9:00. I was 8 back then. It was not in Yakutsk but it was a similar area, and it was about the same temperature, -47C or -58F. We stuck in a wilderness. And, worst of all, it was at night. My dad left the car to stop someone else on the road so they could transfer us to safety using a cable but there were no cars, maybe like one in 10 or 20 minutes, and no one stoped for us because it was actually illegal to drag another car in that area and people didn't want to get in trouble. So he stood there for more than an hour waiting and raising his hand when another car passed us by (i remember how he got into the car from time to time with little icicles on his mustache, and i'm not joking). Meanwhile my mom tried to warm me on the backseat, taking everything from the car like clothes and such, she even took off her upper clothes for me because i guess i was freezing to death, since soon i simply passed out. When i woke up i realised that we were saved by a passerby who was not afraid of the consequences and helped us to get to the hotel. I was lying under three blankets while my mom was lying under her clothes by my side, sacrificing herself for me once again. But my dad... Oh lord, that poor man spent the night in a cold garage fixing our car. He haven't slept one minute. When we woke up he was done and we hit the road again eager to get home.
To this day, i think about how we could die out there, and how they both saved themselves and me through perseverance, cold (no pun intended) thinking and cooperation.
edit: and i can't even imagine how frightened they were. But they freaking did it anyway.
I love my parents.

wolfkiller

I love how YouTube randomly recommends this to everyone in the middle of summer

VincentVincent_

The men and women who built the infrastructure and homes there must've endured a lot of cold to build those things. Nothing but respect.

ZeddisDead

"a banana can be turn into a hammer in minutes" are the words i never thought i would hear in my life

REEEPROGRAM

This woman you stayed with, her home, her animals, and the forest there are pure magic. Take good care of yourself and your team Ruhi!

xssnoyd

Me this morning: "wow, its 2°C outside, must be the coldest day of the year"

People from Yakutsk: "wow, its 2°C outside, pool seasson just begun!"

solucionestogo

As an African living in the tropical regions of east Africa, i guess i'll never feel what its like for temperature to be below 21 Celsius.
Sometimes we have to be thankful for what we have coz you never know what other people are going through... I enjoyed the show, take care guys!!

ibandaivan

They keep their food in fridges, to prevent it from being frozen outside.

ordenax

Am in South Africa, Johannesburg. It's 21:21pm.Temperature right now is 11°c, feels like 10°. It's currently the beginning of winter and am in bed with a fleece blanket, a comforter and a sweater on, yet my feet are cold (just got into bed). I can't imagine living in a place like that. It's so satisfying to watch though, in the comfort of my bed. All that's missing is a cup of hot cocoa. Just finished watching the Lut Desert experience and the contrast is insane. Great content. Thanks

TashMagesh

I am russian and the coldest temperature I had was -33C. I have no idea how -60C or below feels like. Its unbelievable people can live in such conditions for entire life

Vladi_mir_M

An old Russian joke:
- Hey, Ivan, how cold is it where you live now?
- About -20 or so.
- Hmm, on TV they say it's -50.
- Oh, maybe outside it is.

xapver