Yakutsk

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Yakutsk

The coldest city in the world

Four months out of the year, Yakutsk has a high temperature that is still below zero. The wind chill and icy Siberian temperatures make Yakutsk practically uninhabitable. Yet 200,000 brave, or... »

Weird Weather Phenomena | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Kondyor Massif

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity

Though from space it looks like a impact crater or the remnants of an ancient volcano, the Kondyor Massif, in Russia, is neither. Rather it is in what's known in geological terms as an... »

Intriguing Environs | Edited by mirrormundo, akwhitacre and others

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