Humans are resilient, hardworking creatures. And there's perhaps nowhere where that's more evident than in the tiny village of Oymyakon, Russia, regarded by most as the coldest permanently ...

in the remote Republic of Sakha—now part of the Russian Federation—called Oymyakon (Оймякон), a place I personally hope I never have to travel to. There, time and winter must pass unbearably slowly, ...