The Most Cold Extreme Places on Earth

The Most Extreme Places on Earth

To survive in the coldest places in the world, people have to adapt to the environment and lifestyle significantly. Everything can freeze at low temperatures like, of electronics, gasoline until the ink pen, the battery can lose energy and pipes could crack under the pressure exerted by the ice and snow.
As in Oymyakon example, children are not allowed to play outside for more than 20 minutes at a time during the day in a typical winter. At -60 ° F (-51.1 ° C), their lungs can freeze (freezing). Although with all the difficulties, humans have found ways to change the environment and survive.
Many of the coldest places in the world now attract tourists who want to see, at least for a few days, to find out about what it's actually winter.
Penguin colony Photo: Public Domain - Giuseppe Zibordi, Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA
Antarctica took the number one position in the coldest place on earth. Mostly uninhabited except for a colony of penguins and other sea animals found along the coast, Antarctica has a temperature that is not suitable for occupancy. Plateau Station, temperatures can easily degenerate into -119.23 ° Fahrenheit (-84 ° Celsius) and an annual average temperature barely reaches -32.8 ° F (-36 ° C).
During the winter, can be felt cold feet, cold hands, shivering and numb. It feels wonderful to sit outside in the sun and by simply closing our eyes to feel the warmth of the sun, such as happiness. However, the places on this earth there are rarely see sunlight from throughout the year and it also if they are lucky. Places that are so cold when it could easily could barely feel the toes and fingers due to frost bite.
Here places of the coldest on EarthVostok Station, Antarctica
Vostok Station, AntarcticaImage: Public Domain - NASA
Vostok Station in Antarctica is one of the coldest places on Earth. Russian research station is where the lowest recorded temperature is approximately -89.2 degrees Celsius (-128.56 Fahrenheit). Antarctica is not only the coldest place but also windy. Despite the fact that Antarctica contains 90 percent of the ice in the world, received almost no rain, so technically only expanse of ice.
Oymyakon, Russia
Oymyakon, Russia Photo by Maarten takens CC-BY-SA 2.0
Many people know the Russians have cold temperatures. Oymyakon, Russia is the coldest inhabited place in the world.
The lowest temperature recorded there was -71.2 degrees Celsius (-96.16 Fahrenheit). This small town has a population of around 500 people. Although it is very cold there in the winter, people continue to live their lives and school students, except that the temperature is lower than -52 degrees Celsius (-61.6 Fahrenheit). Sometimes it becomes too cold at night until the birds could freeze.
Verkhoyansk, Russia
Verkhoyansk, Russia Photo by Maarten takens CC-BY-SA 2.0
Other cities in Russia are very cold, Verkhoyansk, has a population of about 1,400 inhabitants. The lowest temperature ever recorded there was -69.8 degrees Celsius (-93.64 Fahrenheit). Between the 1860s and the early 20th century Verkhoyansk used to house political exiles.
North Ice, Greenland
National Parks ES Greendland Photo by Rita Willaert CC-BY 2.0
In Nuuk city Greendland Photo: Public Domain - Oliver Schauf
Greenland holds the fourth position to the coldest place on Earth. It is also the coldest region in the Western Hemisphere. The lowest temperature recorded in North Ice is -66 degrees Celsius (-86.8 F). North Ice is a British research station located in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet.
Snag, Yukon, Canada
Yukon Territory Photo by Vincent Lock CC-BY 2.0
Snag is located in the Yukon Territory in Canada. This is the coldest place on the North American continent. The lowest temperature recorded in Snag was -63 degrees Celsius (-81.4 F). Snag be cold because the mountains block the warm air from the Pacific Ocean. The cold air blowing from the mountains to the Snag. Due to the special geographical characteristics, one can hear people from miles away when out of doors in Snag.