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VerkhoyanskVerkhoyansk (Верхоя́нск) a town in Yakutia, north-east Siberia, Russia, on the Yana River, near the Arctic Circle. A river port, a fur-collecting depot, and the center of a reindeer-raising area, it lies in the coldest area of the northern hemisphere. The lowest temperature recorded there was −71°C (−96°F). Founded in 1638, it was a place of political exile until 1917. The greatest temperature range recorded is around the Siberian cold pole, in eastern Russia. Temperatures in Verkhoyansk have spanned 105C (221F): from -68C (-90.4F) to 37C (98F)
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