Welcome to the coldest village on Earth where the temperature can hit -71.2C, mobiles don't work... but homes still have outside toilets

Russian village of Oymyakon has lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location

Nothing grows so locals live off diet of reindeer meat and horse meat but never suffer malnourishment

Locals keep their cars running all day for fear of them not starting again if turned off

Digging graves for a funeral can take up to three days as ground has to be thawed with hot coal

If you thought it was cold where you are at the moment then a visit to the Russian village of Oymyakon might just change your mind.

With the average temperature for January standing at -50C, it is no wonder the village is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.

Known as the 'Pole of Cold', the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon was -71.2C.

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