The coldest place on earth. Where is it?

Have you ever wondered where the coldest place on earth is? Honestly, I have a certain time too. And recently, when I started complaining about a friend of mine, as it seemed to me, I was cold at -8 ° C, I suddenly realized that the person who was listening to me so sympathetically on the other end of the telephone line actually lived in Urengoy, which means that they and in calendar summers, temperatures are lower.

That's exactly when I wanted to find out where the coldest place in the world is located at all.

As it turned out, there are several such points on the globe, and in most of them no living creature can last longer than a week, let alone a person unprepared for such natural conditions.

1. The absolute champion can safely be considered the coldest place on earth called the Russian Vostok Station, located in Antarctica. This research point is geographically located in the vicinity of the geomagnetic pole (south). Altitude is approximately 3, 500 meters. Fierce cold here is a familiar thing, however, on July 21, 1983, the absolute record of the planet was recorded, amounting to -89.2 ° C. What are scientists doing in such a cold? They study the local climate and nature, in particular, one of the largest lakes of the same name. A characteristic feature of this reservoir is that it is bound by 4 km of ice.

   

2. In second place in the ranking “Coolest Place on Earth” is Russia again, but now this point is located directly on the territory of the state itself. This is the tiny village of Oymyakon (Republic of Yakutia). The record low temperature on the planet here was recorded for a long time, at the beginning of the last century. In honor of this, a memorial plaque was even installed in the village, on which it was written in memory of posterity that in 1926 it was here that the lowest temperature in the entire northern hemisphere was. And she was -71.2 ° C.

3. Let's change the continent, having moved to North America … As you know from the course of school geography, the lowest place on earth, or rather, one of them, is located in the United States and carries the rather sinister name of Death Valley. Oddly enough, but this country occupies a leading place in the list of so-called natural "freezers". The highest point on the mainland, the six thousandth McKinley, is also the coldest mountain on the planet. In winter, the air temperature sometimes reaches -40 ° C.

   

4. Another research station, but now owned by Canada, can be proud of its location. The thing is that Eureka is another coldest place on earth. But that is not all. Of course, it is difficult to imagine, but here, near the island of Ellesmere, people constantly live and this so-called settlement is even plotted on a geographical map. Local residents work serving the meteorological station created in the middle of the last century. The official average annual temperature in Eureka is -20 ° C. In winter, the column of the most modern thermometer often drops to -40 ° C. And, nevertheless, many people tend to visit here. From tourists and visitors, it can be said, there is no end. Anyone who can afford to pay about $ 20, 000 for the flight has a chance to visit the weather station.