Can people live in an environment of MINUS 40 degrees? Why?

In Sakha (Yakutia) and the northeast of Russia, there is the "coldest town in the world"-Oymyakon town. Located in Siberia, the town was called "Stalin's Death Circle" because it was once a political prisoner's exile. The local average temperature in winter is -45℃, keeping the world record of the lowest temperature in human settlements -7 1.2℃!

There are 500 residents in this town. In the only hotel in town, there is neither hot water nor indoor toilet. Until 2008, so did the only school in the town. Unlike schools in other countries that are closed because of low temperature, students don't have to come to class in the cold unless the temperature drops below -52℃.

Most families in the town burn coal and firewood to keep warm. There are very few modern living facilities that residents can use: mobile phones have long been on strike in such extreme cold.

Saha, the coldest city in the world, and Yakutsk, the capital of China, are three days' drive from Oymyakon. The local residents of 265,438+00000 live in an environment of ice and snow for a long time, and the average temperature here in winter is -40℃. However, the city is running in an orderly way.

There are two airports, a university, many primary and secondary schools, theaters and museums in this city. It is said that local residents' cars never turn off. Locals can't wear glasses in the open air, or they will freeze on their faces. The city is located on the west bank of Lena River, which provides roads for residents after the river freezes.

For many urban residents in the western hemisphere, extremely cold weather is also common. In the United States, International Falls in Minnesota and Fraser in Colorado have been fighting for the title of "National Refrigerator" for many years. The struggle finally went to court. Results The lowest temperature of -40℃ reached in 1967 was lower than Fraser's, so the International Waterfall was awarded this title. After that, the International Waterfall held a four-day commemoration every year. Today, tourism has become the second pillar of the city's fiscal revenue.

Many cities in the world, like international waterfalls, know how to use extreme weather to develop tourism. Jarvis, Sweden has the world's largest ice and snow hotel.

Scandinavia is usually the coldest region in Europe, and local residents who have already prepared for the cold have long been used to extreme weather.