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Think it's cold where you are? A visit to Oymyakon might just change your
mind.
你觉得自己生活的地方冷吗?去奥伊米亚康走一遭可能就会改变你的想法。
The coldest inhabited place on Earth is a small village in the Siberian
tundra called Oymyakon where temperatures have been recorded as low as -90
degrees Fahrenheit.
坐落于西伯利亚冻土地带的一个小村庄,奥伊米亚康,是世界上最冷的居住区,据记录那儿的气温可低至零下90华氏度(零下67.78摄氏度)。
Average winter temperatures hang around -58 degrees Fahrenheit in Oymyakon
and only about 500 people brave the cold to call the town home.
冬天,奥伊米亚康的平均温度为零下58华氏度(零下50摄氏度),只有大约500人生活在那个寒冷的小镇上。
Photographer Amos Chapple, of New Zealand, took a two day trip to the
Russian village and quickly learned just how painful the plunging temperatures
can be.
新西兰的一位摄影师亚摩斯·察柏尔花了两天时间到这个俄罗斯村子里走了一遭,在那里他很快就了解到气温骤降有多痛苦。
'I was wearing thin trousers when I first stepped outside into −47 degrees
Celsius (−52 degrees Fahrenheit). I remember feeling like the cold was
physically gripping my legs.'
“当我第一次走到外面的时候,我正穿着薄薄的裤子,而外面的温度是零下47摄氏度(零下52华氏度)。我记得当时的感觉就像是寒冷紧紧地抓住了我的腿。”
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He hoped to document the residents in the small town's lives as they
avoided frostbite and blistering cold.
他希望记录下这个小镇上的居民避免冻伤、抵抗严寒的生活。
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He noted that residents live off a diet of primarily meat due to the fact
produce are unable to survive in the freezing temperatures.
他注意到这里的居民主要食用肉类,因为在极冷的温度下,农产品根本就无法存活。
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