It's -68°C in Russia's Yakutia, Let's Go Swimming! (PHOTOS, VIDEO) 영하 68도의 러시아 야쿠티아

It's -68°C in Russia's Yakutia, Let's Go Swimming! 

The emergency services remain on stand-by in Yakutia in Russia's Far East region, where temperatures have dropped below -65°C (-85°F ) – the threshold prompting local authorities to close secondary schools.

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야쿠티아 [Yakutia] 

러시아 연방 극동부에 있는 공화국. 수도는 야쿠츠크(Yakutsk). 동시베리아 북서쪽에 있으며, 전체의 40%가 북극권에 속하여 북반구에서 가장 한랭한 지역이다

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Oymyakon in Russia's Yakutia, known as one of the coldest towns on the planet, has been hit by unusually cold weather, with the temperature reportedly plummeting to —68°C (-90.4°F).

Local emergency services remain on heightened alert in Yakutia where secondary schools were earlier closed due to the record chill, with kids banned from being transported by road from their places of residence.

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