How We Prepare for –71°C (−95°F) Winter in Yakutia, Siberia

Meet Gorgi, a resident of a small remote [music] village in Yikuta, one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth. This year, winter arrived a month early for Gorgi and his family . By September, [music] the first snow had already covered the land , freezing the quiet village streets . In just a [music] month, winter will return in full force with temperatures dropping to a brutal -60° . [music] So Gorgi must get his family ready . In Yikuta, [music] heating isn't comfort, it's survival . Without it, a house can freeze solid in less than [music] an hour . So every morning before his children wake up , Gorgi tends to his stove . Gorgi and Tatiana have three children . four-year-old Anuta, 2-year-old , who studies far from home at a boarding school . Ana [music] and ifi attends a tiny nursery with only four children in total . Yet, it stays open everyday, no matter how cold it gets . [music] Parents rub their children in layer of warm clothing, and life goes on . Because in Yukia, the [music] cold is simply a way of life . They live in a tiny village of just [music] 60 people hidden deep in the Siberian forest . There are no supermarkets, no hospitals, and no police . If something happens, families must rely entirely on themselves . That's why every autumn, everyone prepares carefully , stocking up on firewood, [music] food, and supplies , and insulating their homes to survive the long, bitter cold . After dropping the children off at the nursery , Gorgi goes to help his neighbor insulate [music] the baron for the