Here's What Life In Oymyakon, The Coldest Village On Earth, Looks Like & It'll Make You Freeze In Your Seat

The winters this time are biting cold, aren’t they? Well, let’s put things into perspective here. 30 kilometres northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway in Russia along the Indigirka River, lies a small village called Oymyakon – the coldest village on earth. It has the lowest recorded temperature ofr any habitable place on earth. Okay, let’s just say, as you read this comfortably tucked inside your blanket, still shivering in a mere 10 degree Celsius temperature, Oymyakon is at – 50. Yes, you heard that right.  That’s 60 degrees colder. And that’s not even the coldest. Oymyakon once recorded a brain freezing temperature of -72 degree Celsius!

Photographer Amos Chapple visited the place and brought back these spectacular photographs that will make you shudder! Here’s what a general store looks like in Oymyakon – in the middle of nowhere!

Amos Chapple recalled how his thumb almost froze while taking this photograph at dusk.

The cars have to be kept running all day so they don’t get frozen!

Here’s what a petrol station looks like.

A toilet on the way from Oymyakon to Yakutsk.

Can you imagine walking over this frozen bridge?

There’s no vegetation there. So, the only things shops sell is reindeer and horse meat! Clearly not a place for vegetarians.

No wonder the dog looks angry.

The warmer air from inside the house escapes out and freezes in the form of puffs.

Don’t freak out. They’re not whitewalkers, just statues.

A local makes her way into the Preobrazhensky Cathedral. Alive.

And you thought your feet were cold?

About 500 people live here.

Cows walk over a patch of thermal water in the freezing temperatures.

Amos Chapple revealed how he had to hold his breath while taking a shot, for it would freeze and  “swirl around like cigar smoke”.

Thank God for this thermal water spring – the only thing that’s not frozen here.

This road is called ‘The Road Of Bones’ and we really don’t wanna know why.

Here’s another picture from the road to hell.

The ground can’t be dug easily here. It has to be thawed using hot coals and digging a grave could take up to three days!

A young woman poses for a photograph at bus station in Yakutsk.

This just changed the whole meaning of the word ‘cold’.