World’s Coldest Cities: How Life Still Goes On In Minus-55°C Temperature

C, where metal burns skin and nights stretch endlessly, thousands still survive, carving out life in the world’s coldest, ...
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Inside world's coldest towns with bitter 55C temperatures, ice roads and polar bear laws

If you thought the UK was cold this winter, think again. Take a look at our round-up of some of the coldest places on the ...

All about Dras, the hamlet in Ladakh that freezes like the North Pole in winters

Though reliable, long-term weather data is sparse, this hamlet is widely regarded as India’s coldest permanently inhabited ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

We need to talk about Siberia

If you’ve ever taken the time to look at a globe, you may have deduced that Russia is the largest country on our planet. Stretching across an enormous 6,601,665 square miles, the country’s size has ...
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I spent a winter in the coldest village ️

Rural village life in Yakutia, the coldest region on Earth, is unique. The villages outside Yakutsk, Siberia, face extreme cold, with the lowest recorded temperature at -71°C (-95°F) and an average ...
The Diplomat

Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Political Bet, China’s Diplomatic Win

A few weeks ago, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a binding agreement regarding the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 (PoS2) natural gas pipeline. The ...
New York Post

Notorious, celeb-fave dive bar Siberia is back after two decades away: ‘If you’re cool, come on in’

A quarter century ago, Siberia, the infamous bar run by Tracy Westmoreland, stood as a quintessential Big Apple dive. Known for its hard drinks, cold beer and environs he once lovingly described as an ...
The New Yorker

As Siberia Gets Another Round, Fallon’s a No-Show

A family of four walked into a bar. The kids—boys, aged ten and thirteen—requested Shirley Temples. “Only two problems,” the bartender replied. “We don’t have grenadine, and we don’t have Sprite.” ...
Texas Monthly

This Tostada May Look Like a Sandwich, but It Shouldn’t Be Eaten Like One

It can be hard to figure out how to take the first bite of a tostada Siberia. The base of the dish is a crispy eight-inch tostada. Then avocado that looks as if it’s been squeezed out of a tube is ...
New Atlas

Siberia’s mysterious exploding craters have a deep, violent origin story

On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though the Earth has blown holes in itself. While the origin story of these ...
Gizmodo

New Research Answers Lingering Questions About Siberia’s Exploding Tundra

Previous research pointed to climate change as the main driver of permafrost explosions in Siberia, but a new study offers a more nuanced explanation. Reading time 2 minutes Looking for one more ...
Grub Street

A Legendary Hell’s Kitchen Hellhole Is Back From the Dead

Once upon a time in Hell’s Kitchen there was a watering hole the size of a family mausoleum, stuffed inside the 1/9 downtown subway at 50th and Broadway. Just before the turnstiles, the space’s single ...