Dive to the bottom of the coldest lake in the winter

At noon in the local time, the underwater research team of the Russian Geographic Society in the Republic of Tatarstan dived to the bottom of Labynkyr lake in Yakutia, in the Arctic, which is considered the coldest place on Earth. 1/2 day is also considered the coldest time in winter in Russia.

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Lake Labynkyr has an average depth of 52.6m and its deepest point is about 80m.

The nine-member underwater research team, led by Captain Dmitry Shiller, and two Yakutia rescue workers and the Sakha Company cameraman, dove into the lake to explore and study the Labynkyr lake bottom at a time. The coldest of the year.

The average temperature at this lake bottom is about 1-2 degrees Celsius and the highest temperature in the year does not exceed 9 degrees Celsius.

In winter, the lowest temperature in the Yakutia region and around the lake Labynkyr is about 60-70 degrees Celsius.

The achievement of this underwater research team will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Geographic Society in the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia on August 25 this year.