One thing people often think about while traveling in cold weather is that it can always be worse. While that’s true for most of us, it’s not true for the people in this village. Photographer Amos Chapple took some incredible shots of Oymyakon, Russia, also known as “The Coldest Village on Earth.” As much as you’re going to want to look at these pictures, perhaps throw on a sweater first. This place is so cold that you can get a chill just from looking at pictures of it.
The “Road of Bones” is the only way to get to Oymyakon.
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“Oymyakon, The Pole Of Cold.”
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Feeling cold yet?
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The average January temperature for Oymyakon is -50°C (-60°F).
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Yikes.
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The people of Oymyakon use outhouses because the ground is too frozen to install any sewage system.
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The marketplace is almost exclusively meat and fish, as crops are hard to come by.
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Even those cows look cold.
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Better get them inside the shelter.
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If you’re not inside of a heated garage, don’t even think about turning off your car’s engine. The cold is so intense that it simply won’t be able to start back up again.
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One of the few stores in town.
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The coal heating plant that keeps the villagers warm.
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Tries to, at least.
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Hey, just because you’re cold doesn’t mean you can’t be fashionable.
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Even the shortest trips must feel like epic voyages in that weather.
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It looks like it’s time to get some snow boots.
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A small heated trailer.
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Not everyone minds the cold.
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(via Amos Chapple, H/T BoredPanda)
Forget getting a chill. I think I got frostbite from looking at these pictures. If you liked what you saw above, warm up with some of Chapple’s other work from plenty of other (warm) places, which you can see on their website.
