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Oymyakon, Siberia, Russia
Oymyakon is cheerfully nicknamed “Stalin’s Ring of Death”. Located deep in Russia’s Sakha Republic, Oymyakon is officially the coldest town on Earth, and tourists say it certainly lives up to its name. After travelling hundreds of miles of icy roads you meet Oymyakon deep in the Siberian wilderness. The citizens of Oymyakon face a unique challenge. It’s too cold to bury their dead relatives. The ground is in a state of permafrost meaning that it can take days to dig a grave big enough for a coffin, a morbid yet odd problem to face, especially as you live hundreds of miles from anywhere.
