“You can’t fight the cold,” says a Yakutsk resident, wearing two scarves and several layers of mittens, hats and wraps. to Reuters.
– Either you adjust and dress appropriately, or you suffer. Warm dress. In layers, like a head of cabbage.
The new low was measured just two days after the city set a previous record of minus 50. Despite the record cold, many Yakutsk residents took a dip in the Lena River during the Orthodox celebration of Epiphany on Thursday.
Yakutsk, the capital of Russia’s Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia, is often described as one of the coldest places on Earth. Large parts of Russia have set records recently, but the cold snap hitting Yakutsk has been described as unusually prolonged and brutal.
The city, with a population of just over 300,000, is shrouded in an icy haze. The weather phenomenon occurs when the air is so cold that the warm air coming from homes, people, and cars does not rise.
Extreme cold can be dangerous. The air in Yakutsk is cold enough to freeze bare skin, and severe frostbite is a constant risk.
“It is not a good idea to go out into the streets in winter when the temperature drops below minus 40,” warned the city’s university in an informational brochure for new students.
Yakutsk is the largest city in the world built on permafrost, so most of the houses are built on concrete pillars.
A man bathes in the Lena River during the traditional Orthodox celebration of Epiphany in Yakutsk. Photo: Alewxei Vasilyev/AP/TT
Permafrost, permafrost, is ground that has been frozen for at least two consecutive years, often much longer.
Permafrost occurs in the Arctic and northern alpine regions, as well as to some extent under the sea floor in the Arctic and under frozen glaciers at the bottom. In the cold and snow-poor tundra of Siberia and northern North America, permafrost can be several hundred meters deep. Deep down, it is nullified by the Earth’s heat flux.
Construction work in areas with permafrost is associated with a high risk of damage. Special techniques must be used in the construction of roads and houses to avoid damage caused by subsidence in the ground.
Source: The National Encyclopedia
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