Located 5,000 km (3,100 miles) east of Moscow on the permafrost of the Russian Far East, residents of the mining town often see the thermometer drop well below minus 40.
Temperatures in Yakutsk have dropped below minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week during an unusually long winter in the Siberian city said to be the coldest on Earth.
Located 5,000 km (3,100 miles) east of Moscow on the permafrost of the Russian Far East, residents of the mining town often see the thermometer drop well below minus 40.
"You can't fight it. You either adjust and dress accordingly or you suffer," said Anastasia Gruzdeva, outside wearing two scarves, two pairs of gloves and several hats and hoods.
"You don't really feel the cold in the city. Or maybe it's just the brain prepares you for it, and tells you everything is normal," she added of the icy haze-shrouded city.
Another resident, Nargusun Starostina, who sells frozen fish at a market without the need for a fridge or freezer, said there were no special secrets to dealing with freezing.
"Just wear warm clothes," she said. "In layers, like cabbage!"
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