Oymyakon's tourism board has promoted the town as a perfect destination for adventure travelers hungry for a taste of the extreme. The village is named after a local hot spring, which some residents tap during the winter by breaking through the thick crust of ice rimming the warm water. Oymyakon is one of the coldest permanently inhabited locales on Earth. Oymyakon, Russia 3 3 2 3 2 472 Unknown Unknown -71.2 Oymyakon is a rural locality in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located along the Indigirka River, 30 kilometers northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway.It was no wonder they chose to send exiles to Verkhoyansk: In January the average temperature is minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit and mean monthly temperatures stay below freezing from October through April. Located 404 miles from Yakutsk, another cold locale on our list and and 1,500 miles south of the North Pole, Verkhoyansk was used to house political exiles between the 1860s and early 20th century. It was founded as a fort in 1638 and serves as a regional hub in cattle breeding and tin and gold mining. Verkhoyansk, Russia 2 4 2 3 3 Unknown Unknown Unknown -69.8 According to the 2002 census, Verkhoyansk in Russia has 1,434 hardy residents who carve out a living in the deep Siberian wilderness.The Klinck research station is located within the Arctic Circle at an elevation of 10,187 feet (3,105 meters). The measurement was made with an automated temperature recorder. Klinck Research Station, Greenland 3 3 1 1 1 Unknown Unknown Unknown -69.4 On December 22, 1991, scientists from the University of Wisconsin measured a record low temperature of -92.9oF (-69.4oC) at the Klinck research station on Greenland’s ice cap.Since over 75% of Greenland is covered by ice, transportation to North Ice is via helicopter, small planes and dog sledges. North Ice is located in the northern part of Greenland. The lowest temperature recorded here is -86.8 Fahrenheit (-66 degree Celsius).
North Ice, Greenland 3 2 1 1 1 Unknown Unknown Unknown -66.1 North Ice in Greenland was a British research station much like Russian research station in Vostok Station, Antarctica.Snag recorded the lowest temperature for continental North America on Februat -63 degrees Celsius. An additional staff of 15 to 20 airport personnel - meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men - lived at the airport barracks. In 1947, the village of Snag boasted a population of just eight to ten First Nation people and fur traders. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada 3 3 1 1 2 Unknown Unknown Unknown -63 The village of Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek.This is arguably the most anti-homosexual (and any other sexual) period of all. The Middle Ages in Europe have probably brought the most stigma to any type of sexuality besides heterosexual, although the hidden quarters saw how people really felt.The samurai lifestyle among men is often believed to bear some aspects of homosexuality. Moreover, paintings depicting homosexual intimacy have been documented for over a thousand years.