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Where Yakutia's treasures are hidden

Not far from the city of Yakutsk is an interesting place where you can feel the New Year's spirit any time of year.
By Ivan Dementievskiy, special to RBTH
The ceiling, walls, and floor are all covered with beautiful ice crystals and the changing lights bear a strong resemblance to the Northern Lights.
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Ivan Dementievskiy

The ceiling, walls, and floor are all covered with beautiful ice crystals and the changing lights bear a strong resemblance to the Northern Lights.
Tickets cost 250 rubles for adults, 150 rubles for children. Admission to the bar is included in the ticket price.

Ivan Dementievskiy

Tickets cost 250 rubles for adults, 150 rubles for children. Admission to the bar is included in the ticket price.
The residence of Chyskhaan, Ruler of the Cold. This is where his throne sits. It's covered in a bear skin, but beware: you can still freeze your bottom off. Look at this man's face. He's holding on with everything he's got.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The residence of Chyskhaan, Ruler of the Cold. This is where his throne sits. It's covered in a bear skin, but beware: you can still freeze your bottom off. Look at this man's face. He's holding on with everything he's got.
The temperature in ice caves in the winter is -8 degrees Celsius. This is very warm compared to temperatures of -35 degrees in the streets. That's why you can come here to warm up. In the summertime, the temperature in the cave doesn't rise above -4.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The temperature in ice caves in the winter is -8 degrees Celsius. This is very warm compared to temperatures of -35 degrees in the streets. That's why you can come here to warm up. In the summertime, the temperature in the cave doesn't rise above -4.
This ice cave is simply enormous, with many meandering passages and multicolored lighting.

Ivan Dementievskiy

This ice cave is simply enormous, with many meandering passages and multicolored lighting.
There are ice sculptures everywhere, a result of the annual ice sculpting competition for all of Siberia and Russia's Far East. Some of them were created especially on the occasion of The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Ivan Dementievskiy

There are ice sculptures everywhere, a result of the annual ice sculpting competition for all of Siberia and Russia's Far East. Some of them were created especially on the occasion of The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
In the glow of spotlights, the snow takes on dazzling hues of color in its transparency and contrast.

Ivan Dementievskiy

In the glow of spotlights, the snow takes on dazzling hues of color in its transparency and contrast.
Yakutia is also home to a pole of cold, a place where the lowest air temperature was recorded, in the district of Tomtora-Oymyakona. This is where the world's coldest habitable location is, recording a low of -71.2 degrees Celsius. The temperature in Yakutsk itself isn't much higher. This is why windows are double-paned and cars just won't start. These are rough places.

Ivan Dementievskiy

Yakutia is also home to a pole of cold, a place where the lowest air temperature was recorded, in the district of Tomtora-Oymyakona. This is where the world's coldest habitable location is, recording a low of -71.2 degrees Celsius. The temperature in Yakutsk itself isn't much higher. This is why windows are double-paned and cars just won't start. These are rough places.
The crystals inside the cave aren't as big as the one in front of it. Perhaps this is because the door is frequently open and shut, bringing in moisture in the air that then crystallizes on the walls and ceiling.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The crystals inside the cave aren't as big as the one in front of it. Perhaps this is because the door is frequently open and shut, bringing in moisture in the air that then crystallizes on the walls and ceiling.
The museum begins with a magical start: a shot of vodka in a shotglass made of ice served with deer meat.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The museum begins with a magical start: a shot of vodka in a shotglass made of ice served with deer meat.
The Eternal Frozen Kingdom is a huge ice structure inside a mountain.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The Eternal Frozen Kingdom is a huge ice structure inside a mountain.
It took professional sculptors two months to design the cave.

Ivan Dementievskiy

It took professional sculptors two months to design the cave.
The tourist locale named "The Eternal Frozen Kingdom" was opened in Yakutia in 2008. It's located on the outskirts of Yakutsk in an icy grove inside a mountain near the Chochur-Muran anthropological complex.

Ivan Dementievskiy

The tourist locale named "The Eternal Frozen Kingdom" was opened in Yakutia in 2008. It's located on the outskirts of Yakutsk in an icy grove inside a mountain near the Chochur-Muran anthropological complex.
Not far from the city of Yakutsk is an interesting place where you can feel the New Year's spirit any time of year.

Ivan Dementievskiy

Not far from the city of Yakutsk is an interesting place where you can feel the New Year's spirit any time of year.
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December 19, 2014
Tags: museum, tourism, mountain, yakutia

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