"Visiting the COLDEST CITY in the World -71°C (-95°F)" | Yakutsk, Siberia | reaction 

As a born and raised Floridian who thinks 50 degrees is freezing that's a whole lot of NOPES on the NOPE train to F that ville.

The young woman he was talking with has a channel "LIFE IN YAKUTIA". I think its still going, its worth a watch.

I spent my childhood in Glazov, Russia. The minimum temperature was somewhere "-33" - "-35"°C. I want to note that how easily you can withstand the cold is influenced not only by the wind, but also by the humidity of the air. It's much easier when the air is dry.

В Амурской области попал в -54, думал это жесть, но на Ямале, в Ноябрьске попал под -64, так что это нормальная температура для этого региона.

Around -35c feels ok during winter in northern Norway and Sweden. What can make it feel worse is the wind.

As a native Russian, the lowest temperature I've ever tasted in Russia was -44C with no wind (Tobolsk city, western Siberia).

Remarkable people. I’ve been to really cold places in the north of Europe and Russia, but I'm sure it’s one thing to spend a few days in such places and another thing to actually live through the long, dark, cold winters. Thanks for the video.

In permafrost area you build your houses on the stilts and tubes with hot water and gas above ground so they wont melt the permafrost which would cause the ground to move destroying any constraction.

As a man from Siberia, I would say that there is no big difference for your body between -20C and -40C, but your face starts freezing somewhere after -30 even without the wind. With modern synthetic materials you could be completely ok in -40, except your face, so you need to cover it. And if there is a wind, even -20 becomes a nightmare. I have 10y old Arcteryx atom jacket, its weight is less than 1kg and it can keep your warm in -40 if you add a sweater. Or in -20 celcium you will be ok with a T-Shirt and this jacket. But it is short, so you need a warm pants too. Or maybe just buy a long version of Arcteryx jacket - but it is very expensive and I do not like how long version fits me. Fresh fruits and vegetable prices in Yakutsk and other cold cities could be 2-3 times more than in other parts of Siberia, so they have to suggest bigger salaries to attract people. in Novosibirsk, for example, we have regular prices, because we can grow a lot on our own during summer or in the glasshouse during winter or import from Uzbekistan which is quite close and have much hotter temperature. On the video, there are several cars covered with special clothes - it is how you can turn off your car and do not let it freeze. You just need a timer to turn on your car every 4-8 hours to warm up. For Novosibirsk in -35, it is enough to turn on your car engine and let it run for about 15-20 minutes every 4 hours without any additional clothes on your car - personal experience. The bigger problem are tyres - I heard that it froze after -50 and can break if you don't warm it up before driving. You can search on youtube for a video how truck drivers burn some liquids over tyres to warm it up.

1995 is was skiing in Norway, coldest Temperature indicated on ski lift -53 Celsius,

Lowest temp I have felt was minus 32'C in Canada, in the Yukon territory, back in 1998. Only there for a day and a half. Coldest temp on average here in the UK South is about minus 3'C but it has gotten to minus 7'C. when I was a wee boy. It use to snow every winter down here, but we have not had snow in our local area for over 6 winters. Global temp is rising to fast for snow to reach us down here as often as it once did. Its a shame as when I was a teenager I enjoyed sledging and building snow men. Kids down here today will never be able to do that and soon the whole of the UK will not get snow, inc Scotland. Some say this may happen within the next 10 to 15 years.

All i can say is DO NOT USE warm water to rush warming up!!!!

I lived in Minneapolis from 1993 to 2004. There was one day in the winter of 1993/1994 where the outside temp was 41 below zero, and the wind chill was 71 below zero. The biggest thing I remember about that day was how hard it was to get air into my lungs and how stiff my body was, even while walking briskly. Then I got home and realized that since the wind chill was 71 below zero and the temp inside my home was 70 degrees, that meant there was a 141 degree difference between inside and outside. Crazy.

When I watched this documentary the first time, it reminded me on "Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar". A story from Jules Verne from 1875. Some critics consider it as one of Jules Verne's best books. I got that as a kid or very young teenager as one of my first "audio books" as vinyl record. The courier in this story travels about 3,200 miles or 5.200 km from Moscow, through Siberia to Irkutsk, which sounds similar to Yakutsk but is more south, close to Mongolia. The coldest winter I ever encounterd was the winter 1978/79 in the north of Germany. I think it got -20"C or -4"F, maybe even less. But since I was a child back then, I havent been aware of the danger but was fascinated by the amount of snow. I bet every soldier who was stationed there does remember that winter.

I think I've seen a show about Oymyakon where they said that summers are worse than winters because of humidity and clouds of mosquitoes.

I live in Southern Minnesota. The coldest air temp I have seen is -30F

Зимой холодно -70С а вот летом как в Африке +50С (Такой уж климат в этом регионе России) Но в России есть регионы где нет холода, снега и круглый год жарко

The sound of the snow when he's walking at 11:37... anyone that has been in serious cold knows that sound. I was taught when you hear that, it's time to stop playing and come back inside.

We regularly get down to -30c in winter here, sometimes -40(C or F don't matter here). The boiling water trick start working already at about -25C.

I remember watching this one is so crazy how cold it is there OMG 🥶🥶love the video protocol stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way

Fascinating video, thanks for sharing. Definitely down for more from his channel. 👍

the language the woman was talking in the video was Russian. the region I grew up in Russia has an average temperature -30°C in winter, the lowest I have experienced was -55°C. I remember the schools were closed when it was around -25 and children went playing outside instead of going to school LOL. the difference between -20°C and -40°C feels like a big difference and I can hardly imagine -60 or -70°C. now I live in a warmer place and just occasionally go to the city I grew up in. well, accommodating to low temperatures is a question of habit. now I need around 1 week to get used to -30°C for example for my eyes to stop crying as a reaction to cold temperature, and it was never a problem when I lived in that area the whole year long. I would say there are other things which might bother people even more than cold. first, if you live in a northern region then you barely see any sun in winter. it wasn't a problem for me, actually I was more annoyed by the sun never going down in summer (I didn't have dark curtains in my room), but I am sure many people would suffer from the lack of sun. in addition, the climate in the most part of Siberia (and Russia in general) is very continental leading to huge temperature changes in a short period of time. it might be -20°C in the morning and a few hours later drop to -40°C. apart from being annoying (as you have to check the weather forecast every day), people with blood pressure problems might suffer a lot.

Russian "republics" are not actually independent countries, they are just states of the Russian federation

“Surprisingly, the residents of Yakutsk encounter temperatures as high as 80 degrees during the summer.” 🌞

I have traveled quite a lot in my private life and at work, both to warmer places max +39 degrees celsius and cold places min -35 degrees celsius. The life people live is different, people adapt, it is impossible to believe that you can continue with the usual. It is fascinating to live among the local people and see and learn.

I knew about Yakutsk, but only in the most surface/peripheral fashion, so this realy opened my eyes to mainly the culture of the region. Books: Ice Station Zebra by Alistair McLean Music: considering the number of diamonds, As Cold as Ice by Foreigner. For 'Russian' and 'snowy', I'd have to go for Troika from the Lieutenant Kije suite by Prokofiev

In Moscow (capital, central european region of Russia) this winter was -28С. In general, throughout Russia the summer is short and the winter is cold. The warmest places in Russia are the "Southern regions" which are near the Black Sea - there is an average temperature like in the cold states of America.

Wow you found Ruhi Cenet's channel?! I'd never thought. He is really good at making these types of documentaries, I really hope you react to more of his stuff!

Where I live it is typically -30 to -40C for several weeks in January/February. Many communities rely on this to construct winter roads for the transportation of non-perishable food items and building materials.

Storing the food outside is a next level hack! Of course you have to worry about the threat of freezer burn when you go to retrieve your food. lol

Да, у нас в Сибири и на севере очень холодная зима, но люди здесь закалённые! Не смотря на холода мы очень любим свою землю и свою страну! Поэтому не советуем никому претендовать на нашу страну!

Diamonds are most common in Kimberlite pipes, or the surrounding erosion. K pipes are the hardened leftovers of iron rich magma being pushed through the earth's crust; volcano leftovers. Carbon can migrate through and crystalize in molten iron given sufficient pressure. The technique used to make gem sized synthetic diamonds was developed in Russia too I think. I'm surprised Canada didn't make the list for diamond reserves. There's a whole trail of Kimberlite pipes running north to south through the parries. Although, with the exception of those in the far north most are too deep under sediment and water tables to make digging them up economical.

"Celestial Wives Of The Meadow Mari" is an amazing movie about Russian folklore, mysticism and a European people who were never converted to Christianity. It's an anthology of the folk tales of the Meadow Mari (as opposed to the Mountain Mari) retold in a modern setting. Their belief in animism is similar to that of the Yakutsk people, but with witchcraft and shamen. I think I'm just going to watch it again now!

Northern Finland at -42C. Was shopping at -32C! It's great when you wrap up and get used to it. Damp cold feels much worse than the dry cold at these temperatures. Also been to the middle east at over 50C which is far worse.

I live almost smack on the artic circle and the best weather is rain,storms and ice cold winters,i don't work well when tempratures hit over 25 celcius.

As a Northerner, it is my duty to say "It's a bit nippy oot," and then refuse to wear a coat.

Currently, it is 70 degrees F at Yakutsk at 9am on 6/21/2024. Yakutsk do have summers not like it here in the USA. There were few times that Yakutsk had temperatures 90 degrees F+.

I'm from the east of England so it rarely gets very cold, we had 'the beast from the east' a few years back , I think the low was -14 c. Cambridge looked like Russia . I recall in the Higher parts of Scotland one can feel the cold coming from the ground which I'd never felt before. I like a warm Autumn if I'm outside, but generally love the cold much more... absolutely dread hot humid summers. I'd love to experience what the video and some of the other commenters have lived through.

Living in Canada, the lowest temperature ive ever experiences was -48C. With the climate changing yearly ive never experienced cold like that since. -20 feels fine for me if I wear a thick hoodie while outside shoveling snow. Everything below -30 is cold, at -40 extremely cold. That sort of temperature takes your breath away. If I ever had the opportunity given to me, I'd probably visit a place like this for the experience, but I definitely couldn't live there.

I have lived in Yakutia (Neryungri) for 15 years ! You'd love it there!

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Diamond mining in the north is aided by the cold. The soviets developed a technique where they drilled wells along the circumference of an open pit mine. The pipes filled with refrigerant, and topped with radiators. The cold norther air is enough to keep the ice around the wells frozen. It creates a dyke surrounding the mine that can prevents ground water from infiltrating the pit, making it more economical to go deeper.

I moved from the south to Montana for 5 years. Cold weather is tough on the bones. I do not like the heat down south either, but I will take it over the freezing cold.

Я живу в Мурманске, рядом с Норвегией, крайний север. Интенсивность нашей природы я ни на что не променяю. Здесь дух Земли в Природе виден невооруженным взглядом.

The coldest region in Yakutia is Oymyakon where the record degree reached -71.2, and yes, we don’t study only when the degree drops to -54, we study remotely for 3 months due to the cold

Here's some russian song recommendations: Земфира - Искала Аффинаж - Котик Shortparis - Стыд Shortparis - Яблонный Сад Валерий Гаврилин - Перезвоны - 1. Весело на душе I tried to pick something that could be engaging to listen to from musical standpoint, since a large percentage of our music is valuable mostly due to their lyrics, and melodies themselves could be quite boring.

I live in a part of Texas where their High temp in summer is an normal high for a winter day here. The most interesting thing is if I were to magically swap places with one of them during the summer I would be able to survive just fine, but they would pretty much die from the 105°F weather if they went outside, but if we where to swap during the winter. I would likely die in their winter, and they would be fine during my rather tame (comparatively) Winters here. Heck my coldest day here was 16°F they could probably go outside in shorts and a tank top.

В основном -50) В школу кстати)) Мы не ходили при -40) А -35 типо норм) Зато помню -40) нельзя в школу к вечеру -37) И гулять))))) Главный прикол это с кипятком) Если его выплескнуть) Он сразу превращается в ПАР)

Don't remember the mark and model but there were these Russian cars that came with a small hatch in the floor, so you could parkt it over a hole in the ice and fish in the comfort of your car. Makes sense. I don't really mind -20C with the right clothes on, but this is basically the death zone concept, you are in the process of dying unless you get out of it soon enough. That scares me a little.

5:44 it's an antipattern though. While it might appear to work meat frozen at -50c is going to defrost badly.

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Do you ever listened Dimash from Kasahstan? Best voice in the world

This is one of my favorite videos from your channel. Almost all of them are good, but I enjoy learning new things, and I learned a lot of simple things. I'm from Buffalo New York, and I know cold, but I don't know "Cold as Hell." Lol

Song the video is excellent too...Circuits by Klangkarrusell

I remember waking up one winter morning while at college in New Hampshire (Dartmouth), turning on the radio, and the first thing I heard was "Good morning. It's 27 degrees below zero at 8 AM." I turned over for a few minutes. Got up, got myself together, then headed to the dining hall. The cold wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Fortunately, it wasn't windy or particularly humid. What this guy's describing, however, is on another level. On drinking alcohol in the cold: alcohol isn't something to consume thinking you'll stay warm; the opposite is true, you lose body heat.

Nobody caught when he said, "As the air conditioner heats up the inside of the car...". I mean, it kinda makes sense given how bitterly cold it is outside but still wild to think about.

Please more content like this! I love Yakutsk, how they exercise, how the practice ice bathing to boost inmmune system, how Nomade Native Yakursk Tribe do their daily bussines, How you bathe there xD, all incredible.

I watched this video a couple months ago. It regular gets to -15°f where I live in the dead of winter and I must say anything below -10°f all feels the same to me. It’s just bone chilling cold that even with the layers and the warmest clothes, you still feel it. Cuts through you like a hot knife through butter.

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there are many great suits that you can wear that make those temperatures bearable. it's all about layers. a thick impermeable outer layer with a couple thick fleecy layers and then a couple moisture wicking layers and you're in pretty good shape with good enough gloves, boots and layers of face protection under your hood. the biggest thing for your face is to make sure that only minimal skin is exposed so that your blood can keep what is exposed from freezing.

When it is this cold, you shower in the evening, never in the morning, that is to keep the oil in your skin. Here in Sweden I have been out in -41C (-41,8), that was not fun at all.

I spent a week in Yakutsk during summer in 2007, incredible place with incredible people, traditional method of bathing is to take a bucket of water and a cloth into the sauna.

Tendrils on point

I used to work at a bomber base in the Air Force. We used to TDY to Minot ND in November. As a Southern boy, it was miserable. Well into the negatives on a flightline with big ugly planes is no fun.

Про Сталина и СССР этот человек пересказал западную пропаганду,это понятно,зачем изучать факты когда так проще

In many cold regions of the world it used to be a practice when people were starving that the old or broken who could no longer help would leave home so they didnt take up food. Obvious not really a common thing anymore but when you mentioned the ever sleeping on mt Everest it made me think of it. The coldest its been here -23 or so and the coldest I ever been is -30ish

If I get out of the pool and have goose bumps, it's too cold.

winters here (montreal, quebec area) are in the -20s or -10s when it’s “nicer” out so yah lol I try to stay inside as much as I can in winter, that’s a no for me dawg 😂 I’m gonna be going back to the southern hemisphere (home) asap! I’m NOT a cold temperature person! I feel fine in any heat though as long as it’s at least somewhat humid

I don’t understand how it’s possible to live in those temperatures, the coldest I have known is around -40 centigrade in the freezers at work . The time you can spend in there is strictly controlled to 20 mins at a time.

-15°C in England is the coldest I've ever experienced, but it's rare to have snow in England, its been 2 years since we had snow that lasted on the ground for more than a few hours.

I couldn't even stand trying to put the key in an exterior motel door without a glove to unlock it in 28 degrees in Flagstaff in January.

lololol that document is interesting Im from Seoul and Seoul gets about -20°C in winter but my father's father(grandfather) is from North Pyongahn province which is now North Korea. And he told that in 1940's his hometown gets below -40°C and even now, North Korea Ryanggang Province, Samjiyeon city gets -52°C in winter. It is ridiculous that the latitude of Samjiyeon is about the same as Greece!

I would go there for a week just to experience it. It would be like a different world

I've seen -15f before. I don't think I've been in colder temps than that.

Always checking both the air temp and windchill factor in Canada. Coldest months are January and February. Sometimes, my breath freezes. It's not as bad as in this video, but it's no joke (lowest temp where I am was -34⁰C back in 1994, before windchill, but that is rare; lowest in more recent decades was -27⁰C to -29⁰C). However, going out at -10⁰C in just a t-shirt is not unusual, albeit not for long, just 10 - 15 minutes. Having days or even weeks of -20⁰C to -25⁰C before windchill is normal. As we say here, it matters more how well you're dressed than how cold it is. (there are homeless found dead outside every year as I recall). There is snow all winter long. Winter starts in October/November and ends in March/April. In the north, it even snows in May or June. But, spring and fall are short and summer is hot and humid (at times, you sweat just by standing still and breathing in the middle of summer). The worst in winter, after the cold, is the amount of daylight. As you know, the farther from the equator, the sooner the sunset in winter (sometimes even at 4PM or earlier - depressing)

"Hot as hell" doesn't even compare to this freezing nightmare. It's quite incredible that people haven't left that region for good. Between the cold and the darkness, it can't be very healthy for your mind, not just the body. I'm guessing alcoholism must be a huge issue there.

you should react to Visiting the Closest Town to Space (Life with 50% less oxygen) by Ruhi Çenet .. really good video

As we say in Norway; "Finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær". Or as something understandable to most others; "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing". Doesn't have the same flair in English :/ This Jazz tune from the USSR is pretty awesome. Дустар - идет дождь. I've only found it on youtube and it wont let me link it for some reason.

19:06 I wonder why they want to break Russia. It's not only diamonds btw.

While visiting Fairbanks Alaska in February I learned that Celsius and Fahrenheit convergence point is -40

I met someone who worked in Clear Alaska during the winter. They said that they had to put a cardboard baffle in front of their radiator to reduce the cold air wicking away heat from the engine at highway speeds during the winter. Otherwise their engine would stall on the road while commuting to work.

In Minnesota winters I store meat on my back deck

I saw a news video about one of the world's coldest countries that I think was between India and China. They did the instant snow thing with microwaved water and said that in the summer it gets unbearably hot. I can't remember the country, but they had an East Asian appearance.

His video about La Rinconada in Peru is also very interesting. It is the highest inhabited place on earth.

Coldest I have even been to was Krakow, Poland in the winter of 1996. -20c (-4f) without windchill. Way too cold for me so this is bonkers to see.

Yeah one place that would never see me....

The most interesting thing is that many students from Africa study at the Yakut State University; there is a video on the Internet. Вlisters from frostbite are the same as from a burn.

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Early July 1995: La Crosse, WI was 108° F. Early February 1996: La Crosse, WI was -42° F. I helped a guy move his house that morning. 😱😱 Here in Wisconsin, we are "extremists" whether we like it or not! In a past job, I was once on the roof of a 7-story grain elevator building, cleaning out a jammed dust collector when it was -17° F and WINDY. I don't recommend it.

I'm from Northern Norway, and the coldest I've experienced was -42°C when snowsledding with my Siberian Husky pack across Finnmarksvidda, and that was absolutely grusome...! Just FYI : -39°C is the temperature Mercury freezes, so I got my data from weather stations using pure Spirit thermometers 😅 I never want to feel below 70°C 🥶 That's just a whole lot of nopes from me

General Kornilav's White Army suffered terrible losses in southern Russia at +1 degrees. The wet snow wind killed most of the army "ice march"...

Как она красива, я заворожен. Этот голос так же очень манящий❤❤❤

9:54 this is Russian langauge if you are curious - i am a native speaker.

Well, you asked about Russian music, there are so many good songs, that it is hard to choose where to start. Already classic, every Russian will probably recommend: Владимир Высоцкий/Vladimir Vysotsky Кино (Виктор Цой)/Kino/Cinema (Viktor Tsoy) Close to become classic: ДДТ/DDT Алиса/Alice/Alisa Ария/Aria Александр Розенбаум/Alexander Rosenbaum So wonderful, they will probably become classic, I hope: Кошка Сашка/Koshka Sashka/Kitty Sashka Белая гвардия (Зоя Ященко)/Belaya Gvardia/White Guard (Zoya Yashenko) Монеточка/Monetochka Комсомольск/Komsomolsk Some my personal preferences, hope you will like them: Чёрный Лукич/Chyorniy Lukich/Black Lukich Строри и Скив/Strory and Skiv - they are so amazin, why no one knows them?! 😭😭😭They have to be classic! Леона/Leona Канцлер Ги/Kanzler Gee Yandex music usually allows to listen music free and legal (if in concerns you). Strory and Skiv are not on Yandex, they are on mushroomelves.ru/audio/ also free and legal. I would gladly recommend more, send links to the best tracks and texts to translate with google translate, if needed)

I've been in -60F here in Alaska.

Around where I live in Russia ,the winter temperature is around -20 to -30. Not that cold compared to Sakha

I'm from Yakutsk and our living conditions are not as savage as if it was a village it's just cold outside and that's it the houses are very warm in the winter so question "how do they shower?" or smth like that is weird to me like we shower in the bathroom shower? Like most people in the world lol. Mostly in the videos they show villages and stuff not the cities. Also the summer is usually very hot at average up to 35 degree celsius

well, i went to school once at -36C. tho atndence was not requared from -35C and below. where do i live? Lithuania, Batlics. in old days we had real winters (well, not that long ago, like 20-30 years ago) now its nice if we even have snow on christmas.

Otyken are a band I recently 'discovered'. Siberian folk music mixed with modern elements. Oneness is their most recent song. The video is worth watching. They're incredible. For books, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the other obvious choice.

Привет, а теперь осталось сделать обзор на летнюю Якутию