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Vostok, AntarcticaJML897this. " 1. Vostok, Antarctica (-128.56 Fahrenheit/-89.2 Celsius) Located 11,482 feet (3,500 meters) above sea level, Vostok is officially the coldest place on Earth. The coldest temperature ever recorded minus 128.56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 89.2 Celsius) was recorded here on July 21, 1983. The research station there is located near the South Geomagnetic Pole, at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, where the flux in the Earth's electromagnetic field can be observed. Vostok's key geographical feature is its lake, which is 160 miles (250 kilometers) long by 31 miles (50 km) wide, making it one of the largest in the world. The lake is also buried under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice. Although this is a Russian research station, scientists from all over the world conduct research here. One of the primary projects at this site, a coordinated Russian, French and American effort, is drilling an ice core through the 12,139-foot-thick (3,700 meters) ice sheet. This ice core contains records of Earth's climate for almost the past 500,000 years, [according to Antarctic Connection,]. Despite the frigid temperatures, Vostok gets relatively little snow, as Antarctica is technically a desert, receiving less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of precipitation a year."
The town I live in (Edmonton, Alberta) was the coldest place on earth for a few hours a couple years ago. (-46C, -51F)
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