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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. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0019-29:   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. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
A winter street scene in at -57 Celsius in Verkhoyansk, the coldest town in the Northern Hemisphere. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0023-23:   A winter street scene in at -57 Celsius in Verkhoyansk, the coldest town in the Northern Hemisphere. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
E'ven herders with their reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0006-01:   E'ven herders with their reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
Sergei, a Yakut horse herder frosted up at minus 50 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0007-17:   Sergei, a Yakut horse herder frosted up at minus 50 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
E'ven herders riding on reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0012-27:   E'ven herders riding on reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
Evenk reindeer herder at his winter camp near Kyusyur. Northern Yakutia,Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)
RV.0106-26:   Evenk reindeer herder at his winter camp near Kyusyur. Northern Yakutia,Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001).
 
An Evenki woman stands by a traditional reindeer herders winter tent (Tordok). Kyusyur, Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)
RV.0108-11:   An Evenki woman stands by a traditional reindeer herders winter tent (Tordok). Kyusyur, Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001).
 
Winter sunset in the taiga at minus 57 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0016-08:   Winter sunset in the taiga at minus 57 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
A Yakut horse herder riding in the winter time near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0018-05:   A Yakut horse herder riding in the winter time near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
Pavel Sleptsov, a 35 year old hunter, on his horse at Korban in the winter time. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0042-34:   Pavel Sleptsov, a 35 year old hunter, on his horse at Korban in the winter time. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
A horse & sleigh being used to collect river ice at a herders' camp at Korban. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0044-01:   A horse & sleigh being used to collect river ice at a herders' camp at Korban. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
Lena Potapova carrying frozen milk back to her home in Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Repuiblic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0026-33:   Lena Potapova carrying frozen milk back to her home in Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Repuiblic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
Lena Slepsova, an Evenki girl from Kusur holding a frozen Nelma (white salmon) Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)
RV.0105-19:   Lena Slepsova, an Evenki girl from Kusur holding a frozen Nelma (white salmon) Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001).
 
Lena Potapova and her sister Varya making Pishkij at their home in Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)
RV.0037-02:   Lena Potapova and her sister Varya making Pishkij at their home in Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999).
 
An apartment block coated in ice and frost during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)
RV.0116-12:   An apartment block coated in ice and frost during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001).

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