Life in Oymyakon, the coldest inhabited place on Earth

Oymyakon, a tiny hamlet in Russia (with the population of around 500), is that part of our world where people suffer to survive almost every day! Known as the coldest inhabited place on Earth, life of people in Okymakon is beyond difficult, and actually, it’s hard to understand why anyone in their right minds would live there. But this is also one such fact that proves our Earth is awesome and so are people living here. Almost every corner of our planet, where even faintest life is possible, is covered with the human population. It’s actually great to see people living in such places, fighting all the hardships and making life workable and practicable in these rare destinations.
Temperature in Oymyakon goes down below zero during most part of the year and the average temperature in the town falls to -58 degrees Celsius in the winters. There comes a time when the temperature reaches a point where the brain goes numb, people keep the engines of their vehicles running 24/7 and eat heavy meat products to stay alive! But human brains work quite differently; they have come up with myriad tricks to survive the cold in their town.

Residents here use outhouses as indoor plumbing freezes most of the time. They have heated garages to keep the cars. Farming is not possible on the frozen land so folks mainly survive on a carnivorous diet. If you ever plan to visit this place, you’ll get reindeer meat and frozen fish as local delicacies. Another prominent cuisine of the place is ice cubes made using horse blood served with macaroni. All these are absolutely must have to survive in this cold place.
Have a look at these spellbinding pictures that will give you chills and a sneak peek into the lives of people living here.

Frozen!



A Yakutian horse



Kids in the town



A lone dog



Long road home



The happy hardworking people



Those piercing eyes



Yakut River in winters