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Humans are adaptive creatures, having the ability to survive in various regions
earth
, starting from the highest temperature to the lowest.
What do you imagine when you hear ‘the coldest city on earth’?Maybe what comes to your mind is a stretch of thick snow with frozen ice everywhere.
In fact, the coldest city on earth also has its own civilization.Even though it is called the coldest city, the people who live there still carry out normal activities.
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Yakutsk in Siberia, is the coldest city on earth and home to 280 thousand people.They not only survive the cold temperatures there, but actually live a good life.
The air in Yakutsk is extraordinarily cold, it can reach minus 40 degrees Celsius or more every three months of the year.Although there are several other places and settlements that are colder such as Oymyakon with -88 degrees, but only Yakutsk settlement is fully functional as a city amidst extreme temperatures.
Beneath its frozen ground, Yakutsk holds abundant natural wealth thanks to the sparkling diamond mines beneath it.
Yakutsk’s local mines account for a fifth of the world’s diamond production.Not only diamonds, natural gas, oil, gold, silver and minerals are also valuable assets of Yakutsk.
People who live in the coldest city on earth are used to the temperatures there.Yakutsk has several open markets, interestingly the food sold is rarely damaged or stale because the air in Yakutsk is as cold as a refrigerator.
The markets in Yakutsk are odorless, because the meat and fish sold are all frozen naturally.The people there really enjoy eating meat, their favorite menu is fresh raw horse liver.
In 2013, Steve Luncker, a photographer who also grew up in the cold place of the Swiss Alps (temperatures around minus 4 degrees Celsius), decided to see how people lived in the coldest city.
Upon arrival in Yakutsk, the innkeeper’s daughter greeted Luncker at the airport.This welcome was enough to amaze Luncker, because from head to toe the woman was like a shield against winter.
“Hat, gloves, scarf, boots. Who knew that just stepping out to hail a cab required such caution?”Luncker said, as reported by
National Geographic
.
Luncker’s sightseeing days in Yakutsk are always carefully planned.According to him, taking a leisurely stroll while shopping is an inappropriate activity in Yakutsk.
“Here the cold determines everything, or more precisely, it is the way your body reacts to the cold that determines your actions,” he said.
Returning to his observation mission, he noticed the behavior of local residents who apparently often visited their neighbors but only for a few minutes.
Like a photographer who saw a unique incident, he grabbed a camera with his Rolleiflex twin lens to capture the moment.After 15 minutes of being engrossed in his work, he stopped because his fingers were starting to feel numb.
“They would come in, take off their first layer of clothing, drink hot tea and toast before regrouping and stepping out. It was as if their neighbors’ residences served as a relay point along their journey,” said the Swiss photographer.
Even though Yakutsk is covered in thick snow with sparkling ice, this city is still dangerous if people are not used to the extreme temperatures there.Except for local residents who have normalized cold temperatures as part of their lives.
“It’s easy to get lost when you can’t see 10 meters in front of you and when every road resembles the next,” Luncker advised.
(ana/wiw)
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