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The Potapova family having lunch at their home in Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Dusk on a winter's day in the forest on Shaman Mountain near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
When thrown into cold air at minus 53 degrees Celsius boiling water explodes into vapour & ice. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that can freeze at once. Siberia, Russia. 1999 Three Evenk women dressed in traditional clothing at a reindeer herding camp near. Kusur, N.Yakutia, Siberia. 2001
Lena Slepsova, an Evenk girl from Kusur holding a frozen Nelma (white salmon) N.Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001 Sergei, a Yakut horse herder frosted up at minus 50 degrees Celsius. Verkhoyansk Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
A Yakut horse herder riding in the winter time near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 A winter street scene in Verkhoyansk the coldest town in the Northern Hemisphere. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Cow's milk stored in frozen blocks during the winter at Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 A Yakut horse struggles to haul a sled of ice up a slope in winter at Korban. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Reindeer at their winter pastures in the mountains near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 The Potapova family having lunch at their home in Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
A heat outlet causes ice to form on the balconies of an appartment block in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Yakut horses at their winter pastures at Korban. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Square in the centre of Yakutsk with statue of Lenin. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 A harnessed Yakut horse tied up at a herders' camp. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
A Yakut saddles a horse in winter at Korban. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 A thermometer on a tree reading -36 degrees Celsius during the winter in Yakutia. Eastern Siberia, Russia. 2001
Truck drivers & Passengers take a rest on a frozen river during journey along a winter road near Tiksi. N.Yakutia, NE Siberia, Russia. 2001 An E'ven reindeer herder returns to his winter camp after collecting firewood near Batagay Alyta. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Dusk on a winter's day in the forest on Shaman Mountain near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Reindeer at their winter pastures in the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Snow covered larch trees in winter sunshine near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 A truck moving along a street in the native village of Kusur. Bulunsky Region, N.Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001
A winter fishing near Bikovsky at the Delta of the River Lena. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001 The seaport of Tiksi at the mouth of the River Lena in Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001
Worker carries cuts ice from around the hull of a ship frozen into the harbour at Tiksi. N. Yakutia, Siberia. 2001 A leaking water pipe creates a large natural sculpture of ice during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia. 2001
A window of a house coated in frost and snow during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001 An elderly Evenk woman & a young Evenk girl holding a frozen fish. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001
Reindeer at their winter pastures in the mountains near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Reindeer at their winter pastures in the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Reindeer at their winter pastures in the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 The Meteorological Station at Verkhoyansk where the record low temp.of - 67.8 C was recorded in 1885. Siberia, Russia. 1999
Street scene in Verkhoyansk, the coldest town in the Northern Hemisphere. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Lena Potapova watching T.V. at home with her sisters Varya and Tanya. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
A thermometer showing a reading of minus 52 degrees Celsius at Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Pavel Sleptsov, a 35 year old hunter, on his horse at Korban in the winter time. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999
Yakut horses at their winter pastures at Korban. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999 Young Yakut girls waiting for a bus in the city of Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999