It's gone a little chilly in Yakutsk

It's gone a little chilly in Yakutsk

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RegMolehusband

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3,959 posts

256 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Population 300,000.



George7

1,130 posts

149 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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And here we are in England complaining when it gets down to 3 degrees...

Wolfer

185 posts

126 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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"Feels like -52" !!!!!!!

Stroll on, I thought my ex missus was cold.

snowley

183 posts

125 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Flip that's cold!!

55palfers

5,893 posts

163 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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I reckon even the Geordie's would have a long sleeved shirt on.

fathomfive

9,876 posts

189 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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55palfers said:
I reckon even the Geordie's would have a long sleeved shirt on.
I'm not sure on the shirts, but it's definitely not shorts weather.

RegMolehusband

Original Poster:

3,959 posts

256 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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They don't let a little cold snap stop things smile









SilverSixer

8,202 posts

150 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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If I remember rightly from my time in the USSR, schools close when the temperature drops to -60C. I expect they're not too fussed about -42C, I've experienced -40 and it's actually not as unpleasant as you may think, so long as you have the right clothes of course. If it gets windy though you want to be indoors.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Nippy.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Stupid question, perhaps, but how warm is it inside the average home over there?

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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I suppose it depends on whether or not they turn on the heating.

steveatesh

4,893 posts

163 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Hoofy said:
Stupid question, perhaps, but how warm is it inside the average home over there?
I woud have thought as warm as The mrs wants it to be scratchchin

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Impasse said:
I suppose it depends on whether or not they turn on the heating.
Just wondering if the heating can cope with that coldness.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Hoofy said:
Just wondering if the heating can cope with that coldness.
Some of the poorer people have little heaters in a room they share and that is it. They also have rugs all over the walls for extra insulation. If you stay with a poor family, you can also expect the ice cream to be on the windowsill, they just reach outside to get it...

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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The overworked exhausts add to the fog that clings to the city, shirley? wink


stu67

804 posts

187 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Having worked out in Russia, those temperatures probably don't bother them too much. I know in Moscow many of the central buildings are on district heating like NY and generally the hotel I stay in is unbearingly hot. As you can see from those photo's the "fur is terrible" brigade get fairly short thrift, I was told that it is the only thing that keeps you properly warm (well some of the ladies certainly looked v.hot)

smifffymoto

4,527 posts

204 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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The first time we visited Father Christmas in Lapland we did a husky trip through a forest and it was -48.Needless to say we didn't finish the trip as the kids got cold even wearing 6 layers and thermals.

It looks like fur is the only thing to guard against real cold weather!

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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SilverSixer said:
I've experienced -40 and it's actually not as unpleasant as you may think, so long as you have the right clothes of course.
yes

No such thing as st weather, only st clothes.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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stu67 said:
Having worked out in Russia, those temperatures probably don't bother them too much. I know in Moscow many of the central buildings are on district heating like NY and generally the hotel I stay in is unbearingly hot. As you can see from those photo's the "fur is terrible" brigade get fairly short thrift, I was told that it is the only thing that keeps you properly warm (well some of the ladies certainly looked v.hot)
They're used to it, that's for sure.
Indoor temperature will be a constant 25ºC (or so) - walk around in a t-shirt and shorts. wink

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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smifffymoto said:
The first time we visited Father Christmas in Lapland we did a husky trip through a forest and it was -48.Needless to say we didn't finish the trip as the kids got cold even wearing 6 layers and thermals.

It looks like fur is the only thing to guard against real cold weather!
I'm surprised all these antarctic survey workers aren't all wearing fir. Someone should tell them they've got it all wrong. hehe