Pole of Cold Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Pole of Cold
Geographic peculiarities of the vast continental region of Siberia create extraordinarily low temperatures in certain parts of theSakha Republic(Yakutia). The coldest temperature ever definitively measured in the Northern Hemisphere was atVerkhoyansk, although there are other claimants to the title in the region. The average January temperature inOymyakon, for one, is 61 degrees below zero Celsius. There is an odd competition among villages in the region for the title of the northern hemisphere's coldest place. These conditions have created a weird sort of opportunity for adventure travel. Every year since 2001, the Annual Pole of Cold Festival takes place there. The exhibition of the national clothes, applied art and the national food of the people of the North, deer-drawn race teams, ice
Pole of Cold Travel Guide Sections
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