Food and drink in Yakutsk, the coldest major city on earth

What I Eat in a Day in the Coldest City on Earth −71°C (−95°F) Sakha Cuisine & Grocery Shopping

Yakutsk is the capital of Sakha in Russia and has the distinctions of being the coldest major city in the world and one of a handful to have continuous permafrost.

Kiun B lives there and made a video showing the ways food helps the citizens adapt to the harsh conditions and brings people together. Sadly, that also includes adapting to increased prices of import fresh fruit and vegetables with a half kilo box of tomatoes costing the equivalent of $10 (USD). But you can also get canned beef for $2 that lasts up to 15 years so swings and roundabouts.

The fact that she could wear a t-shirt indoors suggests that some buildings have better insulation and heating than mine and I love that for them. The price of tomatoes? Not so much.

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