Life has come to a standstill at Yakutsk after temperatures plunged to minus 50 levels Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week.
The Siberian metropolis, generally known as the coldest on earth, is reeling from an abnormally lengthy chilly snap.
Located 5,000 km (3,100 miles) east of Moscow on the permafrost of the Russian Far East, residents of the mining metropolis usually see the thermometer commonly drop effectively under minus 40 levels Celsius (104 levels Fahrenheit).
“You can’t fight it. You either adjust and dress accordingly or you suffer,” stated Anastasia Gruzdeva, exterior in two scarves, two pairs of gloves and a number of hats and hoods.
“You don’t really feel the cold in the city. Or maybe it’s just the brain prepares you for it, and tells you everything is normal,” she added within the metropolis shrouded by icy mist.
Another resident, Nurgusun Starostina, who sells frozen fish at a market with out the necessity for a fridge or freezer, stated there have been no particular secrets and techniques to take care of the chilly.
“Just dress warmly,” she stated. “In layers, like a cabbage!”