Thursday, January 18, 2018

The thermometer in the world's coldest settlement broke as temperatures plunge

The coldest inhabited place on Earth is so chilly right now that the thermometer broke. In the village of Oymyakon in Siberia, a public thermometer lets tourists and local see how low the temperatures are. But this week, as temperatures dropped to -62 C, the thermostat gave up the ghost and went on strike. Some locals say their own thermometers went as low as -67 C, which is almost a record for the village. Oymyakon is a village of 50 people in Siberia, and has a reputation as the coldest...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-thermometer-in-the-worlds-coldest-settlement-broke-as-temperatures-plunge
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