00:00Hello everyone, Ruhi Sinat here.
00:02The temperature in the coldest city on the planet goes down to below negative 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
00:09I realized that the windows of our plane had already freezed before touchdown.
00:14Welcome to the Republic of the Hague.
00:16Today the air temperature is negative 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
00:21I will conduct 8 experiments in this freezing cold from a subjective perspective.
00:26Can the liquid of an egg carry its shell? Or can the noodles hold a fork in the air?
00:32We set up a simple system to fix the fork as we could not hold it with our hands due to shaking from the cold.
00:38People cannot wear metal frame glasses here because the metal could stick to their skin.
00:43And if they wanted to take off their glasses, their flesh might be teared out.
00:47This is a piece of meat that looks very much like human flesh.
00:50I was wearing double gloves.
00:52I took off the larger one because I want to use my fingers.
00:55And this glove has already started to freeze.
00:57My hands are very cold now.
01:03What we saw in a few minutes reminded us again that this place is an ice hell.
01:08Everything freezes here.
01:10Let's take it off now.
01:19You see it guys? Frozen solid noodles can hold the fork in the air.
01:23See that?
01:35It looks unreal.
01:49it looks unreal just imagine you're taken off your glasses after a routine day and the metal
01:55frame of your glasses kills your skin from a very vital point where there are plenty of veins
02:08just like this it is incredibly cold beyond human nature the ice on the sidewalks has to
02:15be broken and clean every hour the statues on the streets are made of ice since they won't melt
02:23for months people put carpets to the entrance of each building to avoid falling on the slippery
02:29floor there are usually three doors in the entrance of buildings in order to prevent cold weather from
02:35entering doors are positioned diagonally in our hotel this is a place where schools don't get
02:42cancelled until the temperatures aren't below negative 58 degrees fahrenheit whereas in some
02:47of the other places in the world they are sometimes cancelled when it is around 32 degrees fahrenheit
02:53negative 50 is quite normal here children go out and play if it is around negative 20 degrees fahrenheit
03:00here that means spring has come for yakut people let's make a balloon experiment now
03:14how about freezing them and play ball in between later on
03:35how long does it take for this shirt to freeze completely let's wait and see
03:40since the shirt was wet my gloves also got wet and they are about to get frozen completely
03:47my fingers are hurting from the cold i guess i better not wear them but it is a bad idea to be
03:52without gloves bare hands start to hurt a lot in just 20 seconds and don't underestimate the pain
03:58if i left my hands outside for 20 minutes i will completely lose them it is called frostbite
04:04my ear was swollen when it was left outside for only three minutes in the previous video
04:14my eyelashes are already frozen
04:18air temperature is around negative 67 degrees Fahrenheit yeah how to play balling without
04:23spending any money as you can see i filled the balloons with water if i peel them i will get ice balls
04:31just like this just like this i have also kept plastic bottles in the snow and now i got bobbling
04:49you see it guys can you believe it look at that is this real
05:19look at the hole and where i hit it
05:33yeah this is the situation which my gloves are in after the frozen t-shirt experiment
05:39this was my hands position while holding the bag
05:44gloves remain just like this when i was taking them off
05:49my fingers were in these gloves it doesn't ban at all
06:03it's frozen
06:11yeah it holds itself
06:12it is a regular bath towel can we make a sled out of this
06:33you see it is boiling water outside temperature is around negative 58 degrees Fahrenheit the boiling water
06:40is about 212 degrees Fahrenheit
06:45as you see it instantly turns into ice crystals
06:49the weather here is that cold and this is how our uncovered body parts feel in a short time
06:55if you're not experienced enough you could lose your limbs here even if you think that you are careful
07:01walking from a place to another place is almost impossible here if you are 20 minute walking distance away to your destination
07:09it will take almost one hour for you to reach there as you will have to warm yourself approximately every 5 minutes
07:15people here usually get into banks or supermarkets while on a walk rest and then continue
07:22our sled is ready
07:36awesome i'll do it again
07:38i like the banana out for a while i think it got hardened like a hammer
07:54people here can even use frozen fruits as hammers when they need to
07:59so here's the proof you won't see this every day
08:12speaking of frozen fruits and meats some yakut people keep one room in their house empty and don't heat it
08:19since the room is as cold as outside they use it as a large freezer that won't cost electricity
08:25as you see the first room of this house is the freezer room in the entrance
08:31one two three
08:39our back got wet while doing the water experiment it only took like two minutes and this is already frozen
08:45solid
08:47look it was only a few drops of water
08:49i'll just carry it like this this is how everything freezes
08:57so yakusk is the capital of the republic of saha total population in this city is around 300 000
09:05in the whole autonomous region it is around 1 million but only around 2 000 foreigners come here annually
09:12and they usually come for business the businesses are usually about the natural gas resources
09:18and the diamond mines of the region one of the most asked questions is what is it like to be here
09:24in the summer season the average daily temperatures in june july august are 61.5 67.1
09:3359.4 degrees fahrenheit respectively the daylight comes down to five hours in winter while the sun
09:40does not set for about 20 hours in june the thickness of the ice under my shoes is about 100 foot
09:47and this ice mass under the city does not melt even in the summer even when the temperatures are above
09:5370 degrees fahrenheit this is called permafrost which stands for permanent frost there are two types
10:00of playlists on my channel for now the first one is called rediscovery which is a travel documentary
10:06series i go to unique places which are not known to many and make a documentary about them with a
10:12comprehensive approach the second one is about personal experiences such as this one where i look
10:19at the matters through a subjective perspective i would also like to thank my team for creating this
10:25project with me so see you in the next one
