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Coldest place on Earth
Sask. endures record-breaking temperatures

Dan Kinvig

The StarPhoenix; With files from Saskatchewan News Network


Even the Antarctic seemed balmy compared to Saskatchewan's Key Lake on Wednesday.

Environment Canada said Key Lake was the coldest place in the world, with temperatures that dipped to -52.3 C.

Jay Anderson couldn't find any place colder.

"I looked all through Siberia and Greenland and northern Europe and down in Antarctica, and there's just nobody that cold," the Environment Canada meteorologist said in an interview.

Vostok, the Russian base located in the middle of Antarctica, was significantly warmer than Key Lake, at -28 C.

"There was nobody that was even close," Anderson said.

Key Lake, a 570-kilometre flight north of Saskatoon, consists of a uranium mill and a residence for the workers. Only 175 employees were on-site Wednesday, braving the bitter cold.

Date: 2004-01-31 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coldfloral.livejournal.com
That's not even including the wind chill, right?

YIKES!

Victoria was the warmest place in Canada a couple days ago; I should be counting my blessings!

Date: 2004-01-31 02:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dandelion5.livejournal.com
OH. My. God. Are you OK?! I don't understand how humans can exist in this cold (granted, my zero looks tropical to your fifty-below).

Date: 2004-01-31 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-lotus.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm fine. Things are a bit warmer, and I really have no excuse to go outside.

Date: 2004-01-31 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dlightful.livejournal.com
Damn that's cold! But wouldn't we expect Antarctica to be a teeny bit warmer since it's summer there? One of my former bosses did his PhD research in Antartica - crazy!

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