The Travel Club is an association of independent, explorative and creative travelers from all over the world. We are dedicated to building and promoting travel culture on a global level. https://www.thetravelclub.org/tag/oymyakon 2026-01-14T13:04:52+01:00 The Travel Club Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2014-12-24T12:45:00+01:00 2014-12-24T12:45:00+01:00 https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/659-the-coldest-village-on-earth Milan Tomic

<p>If you think that winter has already come to your city, pictures from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakon" target="_blank"> Oymyakon</a>, the coldest village on Earth, might change your mind. With the lowest temperature of -67.7°C (-90°F), recorded in 1933, and the average for January being -50°C (-60°F), this village is the coldest permanently inhabited place on this planet. New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple decided to go on a two-day journey from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakutsk" target="_blank">Yakutsk</a>, the coldest major city on Earth, to capture what everyday life is like in Oymyakon.</p> <p>"I was wearing thin trousers when I first stepped outside into – 47 °C (-52°F). I remember feeling like the cold was physically gripping my legs, the other surprise was that occasionally my saliva would freeze into needles that would prick my lips", the photographer told to <a href="http://www.weather.com/" target="_blank">weather.com</a>.</p> <p>The photographer recalls that the hardest thing was not the cold itself, but that his camera's focus and zoom rings would occasionally freeze in place.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Update:</span>&nbsp;Not all the photographs above were captured in the village of Oymyakon. Some of them were shot in Yakutsk.</p> <p>—</p> <p><em>You can find more of Chapple's work over on </em><a href="http://www.amoschapplephoto.com/" target="_blank">his website</a><em>.</em></p> <p><em>This article is taken from </em><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/coldest-village-oymyakon-amos-chapple/" target="_blank">boredpanda.com</a>.<em><br /></em></p>

<p>If you think that winter has already come to your city, pictures from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakon" target="_blank"> Oymyakon</a>, the coldest village on Earth, might change your mind. With the lowest temperature of -67.7°C (-90°F), recorded in 1933, and the average for January being -50°C (-60°F), this village is the coldest permanently inhabited place on this planet. New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple decided to go on a two-day journey from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakutsk" target="_blank">Yakutsk</a>, the coldest major city on Earth, to capture what everyday life is like in Oymyakon.</p> <p>"I was wearing thin trousers when I first stepped outside into – 47 °C (-52°F). I remember feeling like the cold was physically gripping my legs, the other surprise was that occasionally my saliva would freeze into needles that would prick my lips", the photographer told to <a href="http://www.weather.com/" target="_blank">weather.com</a>.</p> <p>The photographer recalls that the hardest thing was not the cold itself, but that his camera's focus and zoom rings would occasionally freeze in place.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Update:</span>&nbsp;Not all the photographs above were captured in the village of Oymyakon. Some of them were shot in Yakutsk.</p> <p>—</p> <p><em>You can find more of Chapple's work over on </em><a href="http://www.amoschapplephoto.com/" target="_blank">his website</a><em>.</em></p> <p><em>This article is taken from </em><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/coldest-village-oymyakon-amos-chapple/" target="_blank">boredpanda.com</a>.<em><br /></em></p>