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September 26, 1882
Daily Republican
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Geographical correction: Verkhoyansk in Siberia, not Yakutsk, is Earth's coldest spot at -48.6°C winter mean. Asia's cold pole; America's near Parry Islands. Line avoids North Pole. Tropical heat peaks away from equator.
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Rather Chilly,
The coldest place on the earth is not, as has hitherto been believed by meteorologists, Yakutsk, in Siberia, but Verkhoyansk, in the same region, lying in sixty-seven and one-half degrees north latitude, on the river Yana. Its lowest mean winter temperature is forty-eight and six-tenths degrees below zero Centigrade. This is the cold pole of the earth in Asia, the corresponding pole in America being to the northward of the Parry Islands, and the line joining these two places does not pass through the North Pole itself, which is thus, in all probability, outside the line of greatest cold. On the other hand, the greatest heat in the tropics is not at the equator, but some distance north and south.
The coldest place on the earth is not, as has hitherto been believed by meteorologists, Yakutsk, in Siberia, but Verkhoyansk, in the same region, lying in sixty-seven and one-half degrees north latitude, on the river Yana. Its lowest mean winter temperature is forty-eight and six-tenths degrees below zero Centigrade. This is the cold pole of the earth in Asia, the corresponding pole in America being to the northward of the Parry Islands, and the line joining these two places does not pass through the North Pole itself, which is thus, in all probability, outside the line of greatest cold. On the other hand, the greatest heat in the tropics is not at the equator, but some distance north and south.
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Curiosity
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Nature
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Coldest Place
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Cold Pole
Extreme Temperatures
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Verkoyansk, Siberia
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Verkoyansk, Siberia
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The coldest place on Earth is Verkhoyansk in Siberia, not Yakutsk, with a lowest mean winter temperature of 48.6 degrees below zero Centigrade. It is the cold pole in Asia, with the American counterpart north of the Parry Islands. The line joining them does not pass through the North Pole. Greatest tropical heat is not at the equator but north and south of it.