Amazing pictures from the coldest inhabited town on Earth

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Amazing pictures from the coldest inhabited town on Earth

Talia Lakritz, 20h, January 18, 2018, This is Insider, http://www.thisisinsider.com/c...myakon-photos-2018-1

Oymyakon, Russia, is the coldest inhabited town on Earth. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Oymyakon, Russia, is the coldest inhabited town on Earth.
Its population of 500 people braves temperatures that have dipped to -90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Despite the harsh conditions, life is pretty normal there.

Oymyakon is known as "The Pole of Cold."

A small town of 500 located in the Republic of Sakha in northeast Russia, it's widely regarded as the coldest inhabited town on Earth. Temperatures there average around -58° F during the winter months.

Here's what it's like to live and work in Oymyakon's sub-zero climate.

1/18/1812:50 PM

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