DEEP in the Siberian desert sits the world’s coldest village where minus 40C is considered a warm afternoon and a staggering minus 68C is deemed pretty bearable.
Yakutia might be one of the chilliest places on earth but thousands of people still choose to live there wrapped up in fluffy clothes and thick boots.
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Sitting proudly in Russia the place is truly a thing of beauty even if for many of us just a couple of minutes there would make it feel like a nightmare.
A regular day for a Yakutia native consists of gathering wood first thing in the morning and whacking up a roaring fire inside the house using the stove.
Houses are often built up on concrete piles and are built to withstand the weather and hold in as much heat as possible.
With no radiators or heaters in sight the house is warmed up using a huge amount of wood over the nine ice cold months when the temperature sits a canyon below freezing.
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