Top 10 coldest places in the world
Weather is not the only thing that affects human societies. Science and technology have made it possible to live in harsh environments. It wouldn’t be right to say just surviving. We should say doing well or doing well. Extreme weather shows how hard people work and how they develop new ideas.
You might feel cold in the coldest cities in the world. You can imagine a clean background covered with snow. If you have never lived where it snows a lot, you are interested in visiting those places. But those living in these places don’t think it’s so cool.
1.Denali/Mount McKinley, Alaska
A gold prospector gave it the name Mount McKinley. It is the coldest mountain and one of the oldest cities in the world. At an automated weather station at 18,733 feet, the coldest temperature recorded was -59.7 °C, and the wind chill was -83.4 °C.
At the top of Mount McKinley, you can see something amazing. Someone put it as looking out the windows of Heaven. It is a place that mountain climbers want to go to. People now go up the mountain often. Even though the climbing rate is pretty good, by 2003, it had killed almost 100 climbers. It is the coldest place on Earth, no doubt about it.
2.Eureka, Canada
It was built on April 11, 1947, as a requirement for setting up a network of weather stations in the Arctic. It is the third most northern permanent research community right now. The Environment Canada Weather Station, the Eureka Aerodrome, and the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory are the three parts of this research base (PEARL).
The average annual temperature in Eureka is the lowest in all of Canada. The area’s record low temperature is -55.3°C, and the record wind chill is -69.5°C. People call this place “The Garden Spot of the Arctic” because many plants and animals exist. It is among the coldest places on Earth, and it is also one of the most beautiful.
3.Amundsen-Scott Station, South Pole
This scientific research station in the United States is the coldest place on Earth and the most southern place. In 1956, the research station was built. Before this time, there wasn’t much evidence of people living there. The research center has been torn down, rebuilt, enlarged, and improved a few times.
Only on the Earth’s land surface does the sun stay up for six months straight and then stay down for six months straight. During the longest night of the year, which lasts six months, this land gets very cold, with temperatures as low as -73 °C.
4.Verkhoyansk, Russia
Verkhoyansk is among the cities in the world with the coldest weather. This very cold place is on the Yana River, close to the Arctic Circle, and people live there all year. About 1,300 people live there. This area has average low temperatures of -48.5 °F
(-44.7 °C). In the summer, the temperature gets close to 61.7 °F (+16.5 °C).
Among the coldest cities in the world, it has been around since 1638, but it only became a town in 1817. Between the 1860s and 1917, it was used as a place for political exile because of its harsh weather and remote location. Some important political figures were sent here to live in exile. This is, in fact, one of the coldest places on Earth.
5.Prospect Creek, Alaska
Prospect Creek in Alaska is among the coldest places on Earth. It is where many mining trips start and where the camp for building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is. It is known to be the coldest place in the United States. This area’s coldest temperature is -80°F (-62°C).
Pump Station 5 was set up in 1974 to assist in housing some of the 27,000 people working on building the TAPS. After that, it was left alone. In 1992, the camp was used again as the first of several places where construction workers and engineers working on the nearby Dalton Highway bridge replacement could stay.
6.Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar is one of the world’s coldest cities. This is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. It was founded in 1639 by Buddhist nomads. It is among the coldest cities in the world. In 1778, it moved to where it is now. This coldest city in the world is home to about 1.3 million people.
The coldest temperature measured in this area is -56 °F (-49 °C). This is the most important city in Mongolia. This city has too much of a range of weather conditions. It has short, warm summers and long, cold, dry winters that are very cold. January is the coldest month in this capital.
7.Oymyakon, Russia
The small Russian town is one of the two coldest places in the world where people live. The coldest temperature ever measured in this area is -71.2 °C (-96 °F). Surprisingly, the summers are sometimes warm and sometimes very hot, with temperatures reaching 30°C.
In this area, the highest recorded temperature was 34.6 °C (94 °F). It is the opposite of winter in every way. The air is very dry. Several times, the town was in the news. Through the Second World War, an airfield was built to serve the Alaska Siberia (ALSIB) air route.
8.North Ice, Greenland
Greenland is the world’s biggest island and one of the coldest places on the planet. Ecotourism is a big deal there. It’s the most beautiful place in the whole world. Snow covers almost 85% of this area. Because of climate change, global warming, and the greenhouse effect, Greenland’s beauty is in danger. The coldest it has ever been in this area is -87.0 °F (-66.1 °C). North Ice was a place where the British did research.
9.Snag, Yukon Territory
Snag, Yukon Territory, is among the coldest cities in the world. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush. The US Geological Survey gave it this name in 1898. In this area, only a few people live. On February 3, 1947, the temperature in this area was -63.0 °C, which is very cold. About 8 kilometers away, there was also a mark for an Indian village. A military airfield was set up as part of the Northwest Staging Route.
10.Vostok Station, Antarctica
It is a Russian research station in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It is in the middle of the land. The Soviet Union set it up in 1957, and it is the coldest place on Earth, with a record-low temperature of -128 °F (-89.2 °C). It’s at the southern end of the Cold Pole. This area has an average temperature of -68 °C (-90 °F) in the winter and 31.9 °C (25.4 °F) in the summer. At the moment, this is the coldest place on Earth.
