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Snowy but Serene

While it may not be everyone’s ideal spot to settle down in (this photo was taken in -40° cold), living in Yakutsk, Russia, officially known as ‘the coldest city on earth’, does have its benefits. Those who suffer through the city’s winter can look forward to summers with dramatically different weather, in which temperatures have historically reached more than 100°F. When that happens residents can cool off with a boat ride on the Lena River, which traverses Eastern Russia.

-40° is the one temperature recording that is the same in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. So if it dips that low where you live, at least you don’t have to do any calculations to explain how cold it is to friends living in a country that uses the other temperature scale.