From the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, here is a list of the coldest places on the planet, along with the lowest temperature ever recorded!
Data: www.newscientist.com
-62.1°C in January 1971
Prospect Creek is a deserted village constructed in the late 1970s for workers of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
-62.8°C in February 1947
Snag is a small abandoned village in a valley in Yukon, Canada.
-64.4°C in February 1891
Yakutsk sits on permafrost along the Lena River. In winter, the river freezes, creating an ice road for transport.
-66.1°C in January 1954
Established by the British North Greenland Expedition in 1952, this Research station held the record, at the time, for the coldest temperature recorded in the Northern Hemisphere.
-67.7°C in 1933
Oymyakon, the coldest permanently inhabited place, has a population under 500. Schools close at -55°C, the winter's average minimum.
-69.6°C in December 1991
Located in Central Greenland, the Klinck weather station holds the record for the coldest place in the Arctic Circle.
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-73.8°C between 1950 & 1969
At 6,000 metres above sea level, Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America.
-82.8°C in June 1982
This station at the South Pole has the highest recorded temperature of -10°C. It experiences six months of continuous sunlight followed by six months of total darkness.
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-89.2°C in July 1983
Created by the Soviet Union in 1957, this research station is located at the South Pole of Cold, which has some of the lowest-recorded surface temperatures.
-93.2°C in 2010
With air temperatures rarely exceeding -30°C, the EAP is the coldest place on Earth. Some researchers estimate that land temperatures could drop to -98°C.
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