Humans are resilient, hard-working creatures.
And there's perhaps nowhere where that's more evident than in the tiny village of Oymyakon, Russia, regarded by most as the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth.
Temperatures there average around -58° F during the winter months, with the record low reaching -96.16° F in 1924.
Adventurer and photographer Amos Chapple recently visited the village, as well as Yakutsk, its nearest city center. Chapple spent a total of five weeks in the region, documenting everyday life in these harsh conditions, as well as the people who call the area home.
This story was originally written by Christian Storm.
Amos Chapple started his journey in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha region of northeastern Russia. It is generally regarded as the coldest capital city in the world.
The city has a population of about 300,000, and during winter, temperatures average around −30° F.
Still, Chapple tells Business Insider that the residents of the city were wonderful, "friendly, worldly locals, and magnificently dressed."
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