Daily problems that come with living in Oymyakon include pen ink freezing, glasses freezing to people's faces and batteries losing power. Locals are said to leave their cars running all day for fear of not being able to restart them.
Even if there was coverage for mobile phone reception the phones themselves would not work in such cold conditions.
Another problem caused by the frozen temperatures is burying dead bodies, which can take anything up to three days. The earth must first have thawed sufficiently in order to dig it, so a bonfire is lit for a couple of hours. Hot coals are then pushed to the side and a hole couple of inches deep is dug. The process is repeated for several days until the hole is deep enough to bury the coffin.
Travel companies offer tourists the opportunity to visit the village and sample life in the freezing conditions.
(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
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(Agencies)
如果你觉得你现在所处的地方十分寒冷,那么到俄罗斯的奥伊米亚康村庄走一走,你或许会改变看法。
该村庄一月份的平均气温达到零下50度,难怪会成为全球最寒冷的永久居住点。奥伊米亚康历史最低气温达到零下71.2度,被称为“寒极”。
对于地球上任何一个永久居住点来说,这都是有记录以来的最低气温,也是北半球有记录以来的最低气温。
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