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UP to the present time Yakutsk, in North-east Siberia, has often been cited as the place of our earth where the winter is coldest, while the minima observed during Arctic expeditions are believed to be the lowest known. Neither the one nor the other is true. In Maak's book, “Olekminski Okrug,” I find many data which prove that the coldest winter as well as the lowest well-authenticated minima were observed at Werkhojansk, to the north-east of Yakutsk. The name of the author gives us some guarantee that the observations are trustworthy. I give below the minima at some places cited by Maak, and compare them with those observed in Central and Western Siberia, and the Arctic Archipelago of America:—
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WOEIKOF, A. Siberian Meteorology . Nature 23, 437–438 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023437b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/023437b0