A minibus drives along an ice road across the Lena river, outside Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha, northeast Russia, on January 19, 2013. #

A thermometer shows a temperature around -55 degrees Celsius in the village of Tomtorin, in northeast Russia, on January 22, 2013. #

Andrei Vinokurov, 37, a wrestling trainer, in the village of Tomtor, on January 21, 2013. #

Traffic lights covered in frost and snow in Yakutsk, in northeast Russia, on January 17, 2013. #

A car covered in ice near a playground in Yakutsk, on February 4, 2013. #

Ruslan, 35, loads blocks of ice onto a truck outside Yakutsk, on January 17, 2013. #

Ice sculptures on the Lena river, constructed for the celebration of Orthodox Epiphany outside Yakutsk, on January 17, 2013. #

The village of Tomtor in the Oymyakon valley, photographed on January 28, 2013. #

People wait to cross a road in Yakutsk, on February 4, 2013. #

Lumberjacks Alexey Egorov, 45, and Semion Vinokurov, 53, cut down a tree in the forest outside the village of Tomtor, on January 29, 2013. #

A dog lies on bark and wood shavings in the village of Tomtor, on January 24, 2013. #

A car drives through the snow at night near Vostochnaya meteorological station, some 500 km northeast of Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha, on January 20, 2013. #

The roof of a house is covered with frosty snow in the village of Tomtor, on January 24, 2013. #

Sergei Burtsev, 41, a meteorologist, prepares to launch a weather balloon in the village of Tomtor, on January 30, 2013. #

Sargylana Mozhukova, 35, hangs laundry to dry in the village of Tomtor, on February 2, 2013. #

Igor Vinokurov, 35, knocks snow and ice off a frozen piece of laundry in the village of Oymyakon, in the Republic of Sakha, on January 26, 2013. #

A man passes a sign saying "Oymyakon 'Pole of Cold'" on the site of a former meteorological station in the village of Oymyakon, on January 26, 2013. #

The sky above Labynkyr Lake, some 100 km south of Oymyakon, on February 1, 2013. #

Alexander Gubin, 43, prepares to dive into a hole cut into frozen Labynkyr Lake, 100 km south of Oymyakon, on February 1, 2013. #

Snowy landscape near Vostochnaya meteorological station in the Oymyakon valley in northeast Russia, on January 20, 2013. #

A woman passes a board on a building, displaying the local time, temperature, humidity and air pressure in Yakutsk, on January 17, 2013. #

Children run across the central square in the village of Tomtor, on January 28, 2013. #

A man walks through a courtyard in Yakutsk, on February 3, 2013. #

A man takes a drink in the cabin of his truck in the village of Ytyk-Kyuyol in the Republic of Sakha, on January 19, 2013. #

Cars pass by traffic signs covered with hoarfrost, in Yakutsk, on January 16, 2013. #

A woman wrapped in fur in the village of Tomtor, on January 28, 2013. #

A man sells frozen fish at the Farmers' Market in Yakutsk, on January 17, 2013. #

A wispy cloud hovers above the frigid landscape near Vostochnaya meteorological station, in the Republic of Sakha, northeast Russia, on January 20, 2013. #