It's gone a little chilly in Yakutsk

[RegMolehusband]

Population 300,000.

[George7]

And here we are in England complaining when it gets down to 3 degrees...

[Wolfer]

"Feels like -52" !!!!!!!

Stroll on, I thought my ex missus was cold.

[snowley]

Flip that's cold!!

[55palfers]

I reckon even the Geordie's would have a long sleeved shirt on.

[fathomfive]

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]

They don't let a little cold snap stop things

[SilverSixer]

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]

Nippy.

[Hoofy]

Stupid question, perhaps, but how warm is it inside the average home over there?

[Impasse]

I suppose it depends on whether or not they turn on the heating.

[steveatesh]

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

[Hoofy]

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]

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]

The overworked exhausts add to the fog that clings to the city, shirley?

[stu67]

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]

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]

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.

No such thing as st weather, only st clothes.

[soad]

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.

[anonymous-user]

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.