Life in the coldest place on Earth - Oymyakon, Russia

I spent a week in #Oymyakon, a remote town in Russia’s Siberia which is deemed to be the world's coldest inhabited place. The lowest recorded temperature here was -72°C or -96°F. Luckily for us, when we got to Oymyakon it was only… -51°C or -60°F and I never felt THAT cold in my entire life! Watch how people brave one of the world’s most frigid and inhospitable environments as we embark on a journey to Oymyakon - the coldest place on our planet where people live all year round.
In Part 2 I explore Tomtor, the biggest village in Oymyakon region where people dig out the thick ice on a river to get drinking water. I also carried out a few experiments out in the freezing cold and turned my socks into proper boomerangs.

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  • @nixxtable
    @nixxtable Жыл бұрын

    I love your channel, I tell everyone about it. I wish you much success!

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 🙏

  • @Matoakas
    @Matoakas8 ай бұрын

    We have a cottage in Folldal, Norway, which is known as a cold place. I've experienced -34 celsius. To know these people LIVE where the cold get to the double of that.. wow! Like, -34 is cold... -60... It's a different kind of cold, if you haven't experienced it. It just hurts, stings. Got such respect for the people of this region.

  • @hindukushethnostate3288
    @hindukushethnostate3288 Жыл бұрын

    fascinating stuff

  • @jplynch464
    @jplynch464 Жыл бұрын

    great vid and Lars is the man! Now I'll feel warm at -20f in Vermont.

  • @sandhyanagarajan

    @sandhyanagarajan

    Жыл бұрын

    OK, well at least that's pretty cold, not like 10 C, 50 F, the temperature at which I feel cold at!

  • @whyisblue923taken
    @whyisblue923taken Жыл бұрын

    It's terrifying to see the shirt being ripped apart because I think of those horror films in which there is a frozen murder victim that actually breaks off body parts or shatters. It seems like it could happen here.

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks God I heard this after I’d come back 😅 But it truly is a daunting place, come to think of it

  • @5toolman6
    @5toolman6 Жыл бұрын

    Survival Russia sent me.👍

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you , (love from Lars ) 🐺

  • @alexglanz7406
    @alexglanz7406 Жыл бұрын

    I was cold this morning and it is only -10 C...we get cool here in Michigan, but not like this! At night, we plug in the cars, and carry cell phones and hand cream inside our jackets -- toasty! These mini-documentaries are simply amazing! However, the bathroom outside might be a little tough!

  • @shashankmishra183
    @shashankmishra183 Жыл бұрын

    Wow😮

  • @szep5465
    @szep5465 Жыл бұрын

    I am another new subscriber. Thanks to Lars from Survival Russia. Thanks guys

  • @maracadd
    @maracadd Жыл бұрын

    New subscriber here..i love your videos...keep going and take care...much love from Philippines. ☺️

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey, Mara! Good to have you here, stay tuned for more cool videos 👌

  • @tinkmarshino
    @tinkmarshino Жыл бұрын

    Ah I find that being over 70 now I do things like watch part three then part one then part two.. it's ok I still enjoy life!!! ;-)

  • @lukedavies9281
    @lukedavies9281 Жыл бұрын

    Toasting vodka with goodnight!!! Sladkiv snov.

  • @wotan20
    @wotan204 ай бұрын

    Very informative and also entertaining reporting. The reporter, who is a young man, has not lost his adolescent playfulness and extrovert optimism, which makes his reports highly watchable. Holly Mother Russia with all its intimidating scale and harsh climate is still an enchanting and a Blessed place. One of her erstwhile foe's words comes to my mind, who grudgingly acknowledged, that Russia was, is and always be "The Heartland". (Zbigniew Brzezinski). Yes, indeed she is, in more than one way: a) She is the heartland of the World, and... b) She is in the heart of many people. Russians of course, but also many other Siberian and Nordic tribes as well, who are indigenous to the land. 🐻‍❄

  • @abbeystump
    @abbeystump Жыл бұрын

    I will be there for New Years. Tourists will be good for the economy..

  • @sdvc244
    @sdvc244 Жыл бұрын

    Aweeeessomee!!!, Thanks Robert

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine52389 ай бұрын

    On a visit to the Northern Territories one winter in the 1980’s, I solved the car problem by moving it into the cow barn for the night and covering it with boiled wool horse blankets. I ran an exhaust hose out the cat door and went out every two hours to run it for about 20 minutes. I had a survival kit in that car just in case. Foolish people did sometimes die or suffer exposure injuries. When I eventually sold the car, $350 to a Russian physicist, it had about 100 miles on it that didn’t show on the odometer due to it being frozen! With a gang of teenage kids, an outhouse is good because there’s never competition for the bathroom in the morning! You run out, do your business, and run back inside ASAP!

  • @andresperez7476
    @andresperez7476 Жыл бұрын

    What is the cost of living? Rent is high? Crime rate? employment? 🐙🐄🐎

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    The cost of living is pretty high since a lot of stuff has to be transported there. Not sure about the rent as 99% of locals own houses. And they rent them out to tourists every winter which was one of their main businesses before the war. I guess, this time there will be fewer foreigners and the locals will make less money…

  • @Stornpike
    @Stornpike Жыл бұрын

    That's why Marvel movies look so funny, where the characters walk around the Oymyakon without hats and gloves.😂 Thank you for showing real life! Great film, great camera work!👍

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, if you run around Oymyakon without a hat for 10 mins you’re dead 😅

  • @sandhyanagarajan

    @sandhyanagarajan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RealReporter yes.

  • @futrade1
    @futrade1 Жыл бұрын

    Learned about you from Lars

  • @danielcargill8019
    @danielcargill8019 Жыл бұрын

    Was that an Arctic wolf?

  • @ivalest

    @ivalest

    Жыл бұрын

    That was an arctic dog 😂

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine52389 ай бұрын

    Try a frozen potato or rutabaga for a hammer. As for the banana, peel it inside, freeze it outside, and throw it against a rock or cement to watch it shatter like glass.

  • @lovingjk
    @lovingjk Жыл бұрын

    Good content

  • @dwaynedegale236
    @dwaynedegale2363 ай бұрын

    🇹🇹♥️🇷🇺💪

  • @crashnebula7
    @crashnebula7 Жыл бұрын

    I have some socks that are stiff like the ones 3:49 but they're stiff for a different reason lol

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    OMG 😆

  • @crashnebula7

    @crashnebula7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RealReporter 😂Great content btw! I subscribed a couple days ago and will definitely watch all of your videos! Cheers

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@crashnebula7 Glad to hear that! Hope you enjoy it 🤝

  • @d.b.q.p.1540
    @d.b.q.p.1540 Жыл бұрын

    представь, что ты исследователь ледяной планеты, в таких случаях ты должен надевать скафандр, некоторые локации в России натурально Марс! В следующий раз побереги свои ткани, репортер!

  • @jepjep5635
    @jepjep563510 ай бұрын

    Try peeing outside

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    10 ай бұрын

    No you try! :)

  • @jepjep5635

    @jepjep5635

    10 ай бұрын

    @@RealReporter 🐔🐔🐔

  • @juzwabutrym
    @juzwabutrym Жыл бұрын

    Worked for national russian tv, started youtube channel just after war started. Total coincidence 😅 Now showing sanctions dont work and ukrainians bombarding civilians in Russia. Lol. Thank you and good night!

  • @RealReporter

    @RealReporter

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah yeah you’re not the first one here offering an in-depth analysis. The funny thing is Russian commentators often call me out for being pro-West and anti-Russian with my “sneaky” reports lol

  • @d.b.q.p.1540

    @d.b.q.p.1540

    Жыл бұрын

    человеку захотелось быть поближе к народу на планете и снимать что-то свое

  • @Hilarygirl345

    @Hilarygirl345

    Жыл бұрын

    just let you know, war started in 2014 by Ukrainian government

  • @smilesfordays

    @smilesfordays

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RealReporterthat’s interesting. I wouldn’t watch this one and say it’s “sneaky”… it was pretty insightful and showed the tourism aspect that I hadn’t seen before. I guess you can find someone to be upset no matter what you do.

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