Surgut residents eat ice cream, ride bicycles in -50C

There are extremely cold days in the Siberian city of Surgut (1,800 miles north east of Moscow). Dec. 21 was the coldest day in the last 10 years, when the temperature fell to -52 Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) in the city. In the region, the lowest temperature recorded was -62 Celsius (-79 Fahrenheit), writes the URA.ru news agency. Local people are sharing their photos and videos on social media, showing how they are surviving in this extreme weather.

Surgut resident Igor Lazarev posted a video on YouTube in which he is eating an Eskimo ice cream bar and swinging on a swing set. In the comments, people note that the ice cream must be warmer then the air outside, because it was kept in a freezer with a temperature around 0 Celsius.

Video by YouTube

In the another video, Surgut residents recorded a woman riding her bicycle.

Video by YouTube

By the way, she’s not the only cyclist in the city.

 

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How to dress better during the cold weather?

 

Видео опубликовано Оксанка???? (@oksana8899) Дек 22 2016 в 10:09 PST

“-51 Celsius. And it’s fine, we are walking.”

 

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Фото опубликовано Олеся ? (@simakovales) Дек 22 2016 в 11:16 PST

According to weather forecasts, it will warm up over the weekend to – 40C (-40F), and then to -20C (-4F).