How We Heat Buildings in the Coldest Town on Earth - Yakutsk, Siberia (-64°C| -83°F)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Qiyunwu
    @Qiyunwu 3 дня назад +1506

    Watching from Singapore. The houses here are heated by being in Singapore

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +151

      You’ve got the sun heater 😄

    • @ginglyst
      @ginglyst 3 дня назад +39

      haha, good one 🤣

    • @nikokapanen82
      @nikokapanen82 3 дня назад +32

      In Singapore, you need the coolers/aircon not the heaters :)

    • @tweetyericsson
      @tweetyericsson 3 дня назад +6

      It sounds cheap.

    • @prettyuglymonster
      @prettyuglymonster 3 дня назад

      Being close to the equator helps. My sister-in-law is Singaporean, and we asked her what she thought of our Minnesota weather. While she loves our autumns for the color change in foliage, she's okay with winters. They're just long, she says.

  • @DungarooTV
    @DungarooTV 18 часов назад +25

    It's amazing how many people live her in harmony. It just shows it's the people not the environment that makes us live happily! Take care and Merry Christmas!

    • @Fossillarson
      @Fossillarson 5 часов назад +1

      Probably 95% other 5% Bars and normal human drama 😅

  • @aszechy
    @aszechy 3 дня назад +465

    I think many people in the comments use the term central heating differently than in the video. When she says "central heating", she is talking about district heating, where the heat for an entire area is generated in a heating centre and carried to the individual buildings over long pipes. Some people here write "I have central heating" but what they mean by that is that they have a single boiler or furnace for their entire house/apartment (as opposed to having separate gas/electric heaters in each room) - which is what she called individual heating in the video. It's a big difference because in the latter case, you can set the temp for yourself, turn off the heating when you're away, etc...

    • @Lael1
      @Lael1 3 дня назад +11

      Thank you explaining

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +36

      Thank you for making it clear

    • @Jaeppinen
      @Jaeppinen 2 дня назад +13

      In finland we call it roughly translated "remote heat" when you are conneted to a bigger plant. The central heating means mostly water circulated radiatros instead of having several fireplaces. No matter if you are conneted to network or have your own boiler.

    • @Dogsnark
      @Dogsnark 2 дня назад +5

      Yes, that’s an important distinction.

    • @amekoyu
      @amekoyu 2 дня назад +12

      Here in Austria it's the opposite. We try to get rid of gas heating. All new apartment buildings have district heating and are well insulated. My building is 2 years old. Now we have 0°C outside. Inside 21°C with heating turned off. 25°C would be too hot for me

  • @kanwalpreetsingh9884
    @kanwalpreetsingh9884 День назад +98

    What i really appreciate how people from all over the world, different cities and countries share their views, just like we are in a small global village. I m from India. I bless all of u guys. We never experience these kind of temperatures in our country but i love to watch your videos and comment section is awesome.

  • @ΜόνικαΦραγκοπούλου
    @ΜόνικαΦραγκοπούλου 3 дня назад +160

    I love the way you narrate throughout the video. You voice is so relaxing! So much interesting information as well. Can't help feeling grateful for my country Greece after watching your videos but also respectful for all of you who manage to live your life happily even in these extreme conditions.

    • @themartinandersson
      @themartinandersson День назад +2

      uhm Greece is extreme lol, but in the other way around. And too warm weather is much worse than too cold weather. In the former you lie incapacitated down in a basement all day and can't sleep during the night and in the later you put on a jacket when you step outside.

    • @VR-ym8ys
      @VR-ym8ys 6 часов назад

      @@themartinandersson The magic word is airconditioning.

  • @mehedihasanjoy8639
    @mehedihasanjoy8639 21 час назад +7

    I'm from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 i always find this fascinating on what other countries in the world are like 😮
    thakns for you videos...

  • @cyntmacz
    @cyntmacz 3 дня назад +52

    Wow - shocker at the end- what a bargain!

  • @MrBigBoy4Life
    @MrBigBoy4Life День назад +34

    First of all, your English is excellent! I live in Austin, Texas, USA and it’s very moderate here. I look at videos like yours in amazement at how you guys cope in such frigid temperatures. The human spirit never ceases to amaze me. Keep these kids of videos coming and stay warm.

    • @purselmer5931
      @purselmer5931 День назад +3

      I lived in Texas for over a decade and most people wouldn't considerate it a moderate climate, lol. The average high temperature in August is almost 98 decrees F. I would describe summers in Texas as pretty close to hell.

    • @MrBigBoy4Life
      @MrBigBoy4Life День назад +1

      @@purselmer5931 I wasn’t referring to just summers but taking the aggregate of all seasons combined!

    • @steviebboy69
      @steviebboy69 День назад

      @@purselmer5931 The temps here are pretty strange, last night it got to an overnight low of 8 and it was cool and windy and on boxing day it will be 40. this is Celsius by the way.

    • @BuckingHorse-Bull
      @BuckingHorse-Bull День назад

      they were born in the cold so they are acclimated

    • @maureengreen8695
      @maureengreen8695 21 час назад

      @@MrBigBoy4Lifetemperate actually means that the difference between the highest and lowest annual temperatures is small. If you watch a video from Siberia in August you’ll probably be envious. 😊

  • @SayakBoral
    @SayakBoral 3 дня назад +19

    I've been watching Yakutsk videos during December and January for over 15 years. It's a comforting way to drift off to sleep in my cozy winters, all the while feeling a bit of empathy for those brave souls enduring far harsher conditions.

  • @-MacCat-
    @-MacCat- День назад +13

    It's always fun to watch your videos and humbles people like me when I complain about being cold at above 0°C!
    Thank you for sharing

    • @AlphaGeekgirl
      @AlphaGeekgirl 21 час назад

      You’re okay. I complain being cold when it is 16°C. 😂

  • @SakuraMorandi
    @SakuraMorandi 3 дня назад +402

    25C is crazy hot for indoors. I would melt

    • @kw1535
      @kw1535 3 дня назад +40

      That’s what I thought! I don’t know anyone in my life who would keep it above 70/21 in the winter. We’re usually around 20 or below all winter

    • @accountforwastingtime
      @accountforwastingtime 3 дня назад +36

      when I moved to Canada I found I had no trouble with the cold at all- my problem was it was so dang hot indoors everywhere! Everywhere is so insulated and temps can be hotter than that. Then in the summer AC is rare.

    • @Fuad_
      @Fuad_ 3 дня назад +10

      Are you serious?

    • @frederickmoller
      @frederickmoller 3 дня назад +7

      @@accountforwastingtime where? I live in Northern Ontario and w/o AC in the summer we would literally BAKE, most summers.

    • @AvB.83
      @AvB.83 3 дня назад +10

      Same here. I'd consider 20 quite warm, at least for the bedroom. But then again, I live in Germany, the weather forecast calls -7°C "severe frost", so it's hardly ever really cold outside.

  • @monching2282
    @monching2282 День назад +9

    I'm watching from Vancouver, BC, Canada 🍁 . Merry Christmas, and thanks for educating us about your life in the coldest town in the world!

  • @American.Trekker
    @American.Trekker 2 дня назад +30

    Nice to see you are back. Your English is genuinely mesmerizing. Well done.

  • @dam-f-ino6814
    @dam-f-ino6814 8 часов назад +6

    I heat my home with a woodstove. I`m in the Sierra Nevada mountains and have plenty of wood around me. Thanks for your video

  • @michellealder5051
    @michellealder5051 День назад +21

    Watching from England we have the Same Heating as yourself, MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🎄🥰🇬🇧

    • @Tony11806
      @Tony11806 12 часов назад +10

      Except our heating in England is now much more expensive and we can't afford to heat our homes anymore.

  • @georgiascarlett9679
    @georgiascarlett9679 11 часов назад +5

    This is the first time I've seen brutalist architecture and thought that it looks super cool.

    • @warrenstanford7240
      @warrenstanford7240 44 минуты назад +1

      Not so cool living in the depressing monstrosity’s!

  • @GreatSageSunWukong
    @GreatSageSunWukong 3 дня назад +37

    In the UK we have radiators built into homes that are either from a gas or electric boiler, but power is very expensive here, my home has gas but I don't use it to heat the home only the water for washing. my home is about 8c to 12c in winter, I use a small electric fan heater in the bedroom to try and keep it between 16c -20c when sleeping, I wear a winter coat inside and use blankets and a hot water bottle.

    • @dfgndfghdfghdfgh
      @dfgndfghdfghdfgh 3 дня назад +29

      Mate you really shouldn't be keeping your house so cold, it's not good for your health and is definitely not good for your house long term

    • @bartsquared1398
      @bartsquared1398 3 дня назад +11

      Are you in some random village? By UK standards that's tremendously subpar living conditions. Are you sure you're not in some dump in russia?

    • @GreatSageSunWukong
      @GreatSageSunWukong 3 дня назад +13

      @@bartsquared1398 I'm in London and I'm unemployed.

    • @gmmg3220
      @gmmg3220 3 дня назад +14

      I am in UK and employed exactly the same situation I live with winter coat in my home

    • @eah8101
      @eah8101 3 дня назад +28

      'my home is about 8c to 12c in winter' -- All the migrants living in hotels are enjoying their warm cozy rooms, and they don't pay a penny -- cheers

  • @matthewjbauer1990
    @matthewjbauer1990 День назад +11

    I'm in the US. We generally have 1 heating system for the entire house/apartment unit/condo unit and its usually gas or electric. Some places still do steam heat, but that's still one steam system per house or apartment building or condo building. I've never heard of anything in the US where there were multiple residential buildings sharing the same steam heat boiler system. Its always interesting learning about life that cold. makes me so glad I live in an area that rarely gets below -17.17C/0F and hardly any snow.

    • @jeabo0adhd
      @jeabo0adhd День назад

      There's one in my midwestern city. A plant next to the river pipes steam to allot of buildings downtown. Its not uncommon to see steam rising from manhole covers. I believe the pipes are old.

  • @Roger-np3wi
    @Roger-np3wi 2 дня назад +8

    I live in a four-storey block of flats built in 1891, the outside walls are 60cm thick and the windows have triple glazing. As I live on the first floor and both the flats above and below me are heated, I really don't need to heat much with gas.
    Of course, due to the change in climate, we rarely have temperatures below minus 5 degrees even at night. So the heating costs are low and less than 40 euros a month.
    Nice that you're making videos from your home again.

  • @Tchud
    @Tchud 2 дня назад +2

    That is one solid apartment complex. Has to be cozy in those temperatures. Great video!

  • @johnhough7738
    @johnhough7738 18 часов назад +3

    Am in Norfolk, England ... colder here than my New Zealand, but a helluva lot warmer than Yakutsk. I love the way you smile in conditions that would have me defrosting the rum ... (okayyyy, melting the run!).

  • @ianfrancis777
    @ianfrancis777 4 минуты назад

    I am watching from northern Wisconsin, USA. It is very cold here and winters are hard. My heat in my apartment is gas and quite expensive in the winter. I very much enjoy your videos from Yakutsk, the coldest city on earth! For sure you will be having a "white Christmas"!

  • @yooyo3d
    @yooyo3d 2 дня назад +7

    I asked you about indoor temperature and you made whole video about it. Thank you.
    Here where I'm living, indoor temperature is 20-25C. Im lucky because in my apartment building we have central heating substation from which whole block of buildings are heated. Central heating plant (or as you said boiler house) heats up steam and under higher pressure push it through pipelines. Then in substations, overheated steam heats the water which is distributed through pipes all around block.
    We don't have natural gas to cover whole country. There was plans to build gas infrastructure, but due recent events that's not going to happens.
    Central heating is quite expensive. For my apartment of 76m² monthly cost is $100 over all 12 months.

  • @gurdeepnxt
    @gurdeepnxt 20 часов назад +1

    This incredible woman is truly extraordinary, thriving with boundless energy in one of the harshest places on Earth-a remarkable testament to human resilience and spirit!

  • @borislavanikolova
    @borislavanikolova 3 дня назад +5

    Greeting from Bulgaria! ❤ Thank you for your lovely videos!

  • @rayofcreation3996
    @rayofcreation3996 2 дня назад +1

    So nice to know about you all. Thank you for sharing this with us. Good luck and best wishes. 🎉

  • @Martin-zd8eb
    @Martin-zd8eb День назад +4

    A special tipp from Germany....u can buy foil which is coated with silver. Its sticky to the glass from the inside and it reflects infrared light backside your house. So its a insulation for the windows and safes till 15% heating power

    • @HermanWillems
      @HermanWillems 15 часов назад +6

      A tip from Netherlands to German's: Do not close nuclear power plants. Never go balls deep in Russian energy. Germany is the blame why in Europe now energy is expensive because now all energy flows to germany because they fked up alot regarding energy. Please vote properly and vote for nuclear power plants like France ok.

    • @fuppmanns_karel
      @fuppmanns_karel 13 часов назад

      @@HermanWillems Schwachsinn! Germany produced 98% of its energy in there own country. By the way: it takes many years to restart an old nuclear power plant and even the same time to build a new one! And these atomic buildings are so secure, that they often be placed near the boarder (like Cattenom, Tihange, Doel, etc)? The Netherlands have current one nuclear power plant in operation. Wind and watercraft is the future.

    • @kariesistansteckend2196
      @kariesistansteckend2196 12 часов назад

      @@fuppmanns_karel I think the future is nuclear Energy from nuclear waste material.
      And after that i think the Core Fusion is the new future.

    • @legendarypinkdot4557
      @legendarypinkdot4557 52 минуты назад

      They have such cheap gas heating that they don't have to look for savings. No offence.

  • @patrick39432
    @patrick39432 День назад +2

    God bless you for being able to survive those temperatures! You are very resourceful 🙂

  • @OpenSesame33
    @OpenSesame33 3 дня назад +17

    It’s so nice to have you back!

  • @Weltrath
    @Weltrath День назад +3

    I live in a house in Houston, Texas, USA and here we don't use a heater other than occasionally in the winter. For example, it's winter here now, December 23rd at 8:30 pm and it's 66F (18.8C) outside, so there's no need for heating, the house stays warm from it being over 70F earlier and it's 73F (22.7C) inside the house so there is no need to heat or cool. During the summer it can reach up to 95F (35C) before 10:30 am, and it will feel warmer because of the humidity. I think it's a lot easier to deal with the cold than it is the heat. Cold you can bundle up and wear heavier clothing when outside but when it's hot you can't do as much to help you keep cool other than when you do when it's cold, you just stay inside.

  • @Lattefoamart990
    @Lattefoamart990 2 дня назад +5

    In the Netherlands every house has a central heating boiler. Its been that way since I can remember. New houses use heat pumps. It’s a very modern way of generating energy and heat from electricity. People use different methods according to their wishes. I recently renovated my house and we use underfloor heatings and airconditioner units to generate heat in the house. We have a radiator in the bathroom and a portable radiator in the attic. We don’t have a lot of affordable gas here, so most people feel the necessity to switch to electric heat pumps.

  • @TOVANorseWitch
    @TOVANorseWitch 21 час назад +1

    its amazing you all live in these conditions. I dont think i could Wow, you are brave

  • @mips-m
    @mips-m 2 дня назад +5

    Wow. Hope that those systems never fail

    • @skycloud4802
      @skycloud4802 2 дня назад +3

      Sounds pretty dangerous. A critical failure of the individual gas boilers and the pipes could be lethal.

    • @mikethebloodthirsty
      @mikethebloodthirsty 2 дня назад

      No they are not being brainwashed by the green energy movement, they have reliable cleanish non co2 producing gas.

    • @Cubeforc3
      @Cubeforc3 День назад

      This whole city will be inhabitable when fossil fuels run out, it's just not somewhere humans are meant to live in large numbers.

  • @lexwalker
    @lexwalker 22 часа назад

    This is so interesting! I had no idea heating an apartment could be such a struggle in Yakutsk. Thanks for sharing your experience. Stay warm out there!

  • @simotaivalkoski1537
    @simotaivalkoski1537 День назад +3

    Good video!
    Our apartments in apartment buildings are usually heated with district heating.
    On the other hand, our 100 square meters house is heated with electricity, i.e. a Mitsubishi Electric FT35 heat pump, and a fireplace that stores heat quite well.
    Greetings from Finland.

  • @flauze
    @flauze 3 часа назад

    Communities like this serve as a valuable case study on how science can effectively address and overcome extreme conditions during extraordinary natural disasters.

  • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
    @kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 дня назад +56

    Hello from Denmark here 🤗 Even if we don’t get the same temperatures here as you guys does, our houses are very well insulated. Obviously we have double glazed windows but our walls and roofs are insulated too. Where I live the apartment are insulated with 300 mm rockwool and there’s no leaks around the windows either. All in all it’s very cheap to heat up. The entire building where my apartment is located is heated by public central heating.

    • @mfamfa
      @mfamfa 3 дня назад +6

      We use triple glazed window panels in denmark. Only old buildings still have double.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 дня назад +3

      @ Not really. There’s heat emissions that demands that a given window are not to let out more heat than it let ín during the heating time of the year. It’s the so called A-class regulative of 2021. But it doesn’t demand that it must be 3-layers of glass. 2-layers are enough, if they can live up to the rules.
      So in most cases up to 2021 it was mostly 2-layers glazing and only after 2021 that 3-layers became the norm. But still, if they can live up to the demands, 2-layers are still valid. My apartment got 2-layers and it’s from 2016, so it’s a long shot to claim it as a relic from the old days.
      Another benefit with 2-layers glazing is that it let more light in!

    • @paolorossi8470
      @paolorossi8470 2 дня назад +5

      Hey Kasper, please keep boasting about insulation at your place.

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  • @chronicillz1879
    @chronicillz1879 5 часов назад

    What a soothing voice… stay warm, happy new year!

  • @magdalenazasada4051
    @magdalenazasada4051 3 дня назад +29

    Omg! I love it. Greetings from Poland!

  • @todddunn945
    @todddunn945 День назад +15

    When I lived in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada it got to -40C. My apartments were heated by central heating that was based on a gas boiler in the building. Before that I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska in the USA. -40C was a warm winter day there. The coldest day I remember in Fairbanks was about -67. My apartment was heated by a central heating system that ran off of oil. Both in Alaska and Alberta the cost of heat was included in the rent for the apartment because oil was cheap in Alaska and gas was almost free in Alberta back then. Later I lived in a house in Manitoba, Canada where it often got to -40C and could get as cold as -50C. It was also windy there. My house was super insulated and was heated with electric radiators. Electricity was cheap in Manitoba since it came from hydropower, so heating was not expensive.
    Now I live in a 170 square meter house on an island off the coast of Maine in the northeast USA. We have a propane boiler much like what you have in your apartment that heats radiators built into the floors. Our boiler also heats our water for washing. We also have a wood stove that we burn wood from our property in on cold days. Right now we are having what will likely be the coldest weather of the winter with temperatures from -10C to -15C. Within a few days temperatures will be back to +5C to +10C. Our temperature here is greatly impacted by the Atlantic Ocean which does not freeze here.

    • @TriforceOfCourage97
      @TriforceOfCourage97 День назад +1

      dam are you 100 years old? becasue that was in 1934....The lowest was −66 °F (−54 °C) on January 14, 1934....so basically, no, no you dont remember that

    • @dh6140
      @dh6140 18 часов назад

      Wow are you writing a book who’s going to read your life story
      Put it in a video next time.

    • @TriforceOfCourage97
      @TriforceOfCourage97 18 часов назад

      @@dh6140 its ok, most is false information anyways

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 16 часов назад

      Thanks for the comment. Ignore the aholes.

    • @dh6140
      @dh6140 15 часов назад

      Love and peace
      tình yêu và hòa bình cho tất cả mọi người trên thế giới

  • @Dan_the_afol
    @Dan_the_afol 3 дня назад +15

    I’m from the states and I always find it fascinating on what other places in the world are like. Thank you for sharing what it’s like in your part of the world. With videos like this it always make our world feel smaller and our apartments are heated by gas because it’s easier to have gas in the mountains then pumping up hot water up here.

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +3

      Thanks for watching! 🤍 It is amazing how different places have different solutions for heating depending on their resources!

    • @Dan_the_afol
      @Dan_the_afol 3 дня назад +1

      @ of course! I loved your videos and I’m glad to see you are back sending lots of hugs from the states and hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy new year

  • @GursharanSingh-t1e
    @GursharanSingh-t1e 2 дня назад +1

    Thank you for showing this beautiful town!

  • @richardh100
    @richardh100 День назад +3

    thank you for your work making this video Merry Christmas спасибо за вашу работу по созданию этого видео. С Рождеством😊❤

  • @interestedobserverprivate5816
    @interestedobserverprivate5816 4 часа назад +1

    I live in Kentucky, USA. We have a 2,250 square foot home heated with natural gas. The monthly bill for half of November and half of December was $173. Not bad. We set our temperature at night to 65 degrees F and daytime 70 degrees. Thank you for sharing your experience in living in a much colder climate.

    • @stealth210
      @stealth210 3 часа назад

      Yes, down here in TN not even that much. Maybe 100 for a cold month in Dec/Jan. Love our natural gas

  • @edwardreuben6650
    @edwardreuben6650 2 дня назад +5

    I am in Brisbane Australia in a place called Redcliffe. It averages 14c to 26c in winter and 30 to 40c on average in summer. We have a 2-way air-conditioning system that blows up to 30c hot air in winter and as low as 16c in summer. The heat comes with humidity, can make it hard to breathe if you're not use to it. The units are housed in the main room where you watch television. The other one is usually in the parent's room. Everyone else uses electric fans in summer and warmer clothes and blankets in winter. My town is called Redcliffe because we have red clay cliffs facing the sea. Great video again. Very interesting.

    • @hansd3295
      @hansd3295 День назад +1

      30c to 40c is also terrible for me as a Dutch person. I don't like temperatures above 27c anymore. When it gets that hot I don't feel like doing anything anymore and I try to stay inside as much as possible.

    • @edwardreuben6650
      @edwardreuben6650 23 часа назад +1

      @@hansd3295 I am from New Zealand so I think we are in the same boat. Not as cold as your Home land but it is similar to England, Ireland Scottish weather I have been told.

  • @orbea4
    @orbea4 2 дня назад +1

    Love your content and your return. Keep it coming.

  • @kellywilson8440
    @kellywilson8440 3 дня назад +4

    Watching from the US , Im freezing just watching your cold temps wow and i thought it was cold here at +21F . Stay warm over there and regards from across the pond and your videos are captivating !

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +2

      Thanks for watching! Stay warm over there too!

    • @kellywilson8440
      @kellywilson8440 3 дня назад +2

      @@LifeinYakutia Thank you !

    • @NorthernDrone323
      @NorthernDrone323 3 дня назад +3

      Was nearly -20 f in Minnesota last night. Just a tad chilly.

  • @wilfriedolemans5862
    @wilfriedolemans5862 2 дня назад +18

    Dear Kiun, 25°c to heat an apartment is very hot for me, I set my thermostat to a maximum of 19°c and that is sufficient for me. Considering the average outside temperature of 4°c - 8°c that is more than sufficient. I must admit that winters are much colder in your country (down to -45°c) and this is not comparable. The quality of construction is better in your country than in ours, despite the fact that I live in an apartment that was built in the 60s. Your apartment seems to me to be much more recent.

  • @androidemulator6952
    @androidemulator6952 19 часов назад

    Fascinating insight to living in Siberia ! Thank you !

  • @georgewachsmuth9201
    @georgewachsmuth9201 3 дня назад +5

    Nice to see you again. In New York, USA….we use a variety. In my 3 floor house they use an oil fueled furnace that heats a boiler. The hot water is pumped from the boiler throughout the house into radiators in the rooms and hallways which dissipate the heat. That slightly cooled water then cycles down to the boiler to be reheated and circulated back through the house.

  • @yanshein4042
    @yanshein4042 2 дня назад

    I am glad to see Maria is back :)

  • @ronaldlebeck9577
    @ronaldlebeck9577 3 дня назад +46

    I live on the north side of Fairbanks, Alaska in a semi-rural area. We're 2 degrees of latitude north of Yakutia. The coldest recorded temperature in Alaska was in January 1971 at -80 F (-62 C). I live in a dry cabin (no running water, it has to be hauled) and heat with an oil heater. The tank, which is outside, holds 212 U.S. gallons (802 L) of #1 fuel oil (basically, it's like of kerosene). We have permafrost here, too, of course, and it starts about 18 inches (46 cm) below the surface (during the warm months) and goes down a long way.
    I noticed those smaller wooden apartment buildings shown in your video have been affected by heaving and sinking of the ground (why they look crooked up and down). There's a 4-family apartment down the road from me that the center is sunk down -- it was shown on the Physics Girl channel (ruclips.net/video/VMJPHqwv41U/видео.htmlsi=vk0g5RwJCmlGk3Ty). Fox, Alaska (mentioned in that video) isn't far from me. :)
    Some places here use propane to heat with, and there's a plan to get a natural gas pipeline to Fairbanks (that would be great). I'd rather have natural gas or propane instead of fuel oil for heat, and could also use that for cooking.
    I imagine you folks just _love_ those Soviet-era buildings with the central heat ("Everything must be centralized!"). I'm being a bit sarcastic -- I have a friend in Ukraine (and I know someone in Tambov, Russia and also in Mogilev, Belarus), and know about the (not very well constructed) block-style apartment buildings people were moved into that were all connected to a centralized heating plant. If it quit working (and did often enough), everybody froze.
    There are still some log cabins around here.
    I enjoy your videos -- nice to see how people in other parts of the sub Arctic and Arctic live. 👍☺

    • @steviebboy69
      @steviebboy69 2 дня назад +2

      Wow -62.C thats cold, here the record was -7 and that made it 0.C inside the house. Normally it is around -3 although now it will be 40.C as its summer here. Gas and Elec is very expensive in Australia, years ago it was among the cheapest in the world but not so much now.

    • @moetocafe
      @moetocafe 2 дня назад +4

      I live in another country in Eastern Europe in a block apartment. What makes you think they are "not very well constructed" ? They are excellent constructed, they're like fortresses. If something is to happen with the central heating, since I live in a big city (nearly 2 mil.people) the repair teams are big. They have their own equipment, that includes bulldozers, excavators, mobile cranes, trucks, mobile diesel generators, mobile repair trucks, which are fully equipped in the inside like workshops with all kind of tools, etc. They will come and will work non-stop (only workers will rotate shifts) until the problem is fixed.
      I'm in my 40s and for my entire life I've never heard or seen an accident, that took them more than 1-2 days to repair.
      They also make planned maintenance in the summertime, when problematic parts of the pipelines can be replaced on bigger scale.
      We also have electricity (can you imagine!), which can power all kinds of heating appliances - from ACs, to heaters, electrical oil radiators, ceramic dry heaters, fan-heating appliances, etc.
      There are also gas-stoves - all you have to do is buy one and then buy a bottle of gas from a nearby gas station. This gives you electricity independent heating, but the gas bottles are heavy, and also when the stoves burn they produce a lot of moisture in the air, so they're not a popular option, but in case of some dire need - they do exist.
      I for one use wall-mounted electrical air converters, because the central heating became ridiculously expensive - esp. with the current gas prices and the central heating works on gas. And you know where it usually came from, where it cannot come now from anymore for purely idiotic political reasons.

    • @todddunn945
      @todddunn945 День назад +4

      I lived in Fairbanks back in the 70s. I had some friends who lived in a log cabin in the woods. Their only heat was a coal stove and they had no electricity, but the cabin was cheap. They had no running water and carried water to the cabin every day since when they were away from the cabin during the day everything inside froze. They had a Volkswagen Beetle and I remember them crawling under the car with a torch to heat the oil to be able to start it and then heating the transmission so the car would move.

    • @lolagranola9970
      @lolagranola9970 18 часов назад

      I’ve had friends who lived in Fairbanks and you guys get some insanely cold temps as well. It looks so beautiful there, but I’d definitely be a a part-time resident because I don’t think I could handle your winters. I’m curious where you get your water and if you store it in large buckets like the videos of people living in Oymakon?

    • @lolagranola9970
      @lolagranola9970 18 часов назад

      @@todddunn945Damn. Now that’s some Alaskan toughness. I can’t imagine needing to heat up various parts of my car’sengine just to be able to start it.

  • @LouisFLamas
    @LouisFLamas День назад

    Thank You. This is just one of many that I have seen om YouTude. Everyone had their own point of view. I like different points of view from people that live in Yakutsk. Blessings!

  • @sisokun6614
    @sisokun6614 2 дня назад +3

    Welcome Back! So lovely to see you again

    • @TheRus13
      @TheRus13 2 дня назад

      There is no environmentally friendly green electricity.This is a myth!A lot of energy and environmentally harmful materials need to be spent on the production of a solar battery.But they are made in other countries and sold under the guise of clean energy. If the climate allows you to save energy, this does not mean that you can do it everywhere. Our climate in Nizhny Novgorod seems to be not too extreme, but the temperature drops in winter are very large. This week, the temperature outside jumps from -20 degrees to +2 during the week.Frosts will usually come in January and may well drop to -30 degrees and last for weeks.This is certainly not Yakutia, but very close to the European Union.

  • @frankz1125
    @frankz1125 2 дня назад +1

    Ont . Canada here. I heat with woodstove and electric heaters. Was -26C this morning. Thanks for sharing

  • @MAliahmad-i6q
    @MAliahmad-i6q 3 дня назад +7

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  • @William_Borgeson
    @William_Borgeson День назад +2

    Brooklyn, NYC checking in. Thanks for the perspective, amazing insight, and subscribed. Gas, and electric (oil filled) heaters if needed. Take care.

  • @FlyRiverFly
    @FlyRiverFly 3 дня назад +20

    Wonderful video. It highlights what most people take for granted but providing the context of Yakutsk is excellent. Please continue providing videos highlighting your insights on your culture. It is thought provoking and at the same time entertaining.

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +1

      Thanks for the kind words! 🥹 I appreciate your support 🤍

    • @solostas
      @solostas 3 дня назад

      @@LifeinYakutia Hey, tell us about the fire in the detention centre in your Saha Republic where soldiers who refused to fight in Ukraine were beaten and tortured!

    • @dipjyotitalukdar9598
      @dipjyotitalukdar9598 2 дня назад +2

      ​@@solostas Is that a new Banderastani fan-fiction 🤔 like the infamous Ghost-of-Kiev, Babushka's pickle jar, Putler dying of cancer, RuzZia running out of missiles or RuzZia fighting with shovels?

    • @FlyRiverFly
      @FlyRiverFly 2 дня назад +3

      @@solostas I feel bad for you. You seem lonely and hoping someone will talk to you. You have gone so far as attacking a kind and talented woman who has nothing to do with what is taking place in a detention center. Hopefully, you can get some help. Reach out to family and friends to help you get through this holida.

  • @mysteryblankdspace4342
    @mysteryblankdspace4342 6 часов назад

    I live in Las vegas... It has been a pretty warm winter this year so far .. my body heat alone keeps my apartment about right. Small apartment. The Summer however is not fun.
    I'm very impressed that you all have found a way to live there. I find it amazing

  • @IndayBelle29
    @IndayBelle29 3 дня назад +18

    I ALWAYS WATCHING FROM THE PHILIPPINES

  • @Michael_Michaels
    @Michael_Michaels День назад +1

    Hi from Portugal! My house is even colder than your outside wall temperature (3:53)! 😬😵‍💫Thank you for sharing.

  • @railbuggy
    @railbuggy 3 дня назад +4

    Very informative! 👍

  • @alibhg3063
    @alibhg3063 2 дня назад

    Thanks for sharing! I enjoy learning about how other people live in different parts of the world. It's really interesting how people become used to the weather they grow up in. I know a lot of people complained on a video you made where a baby was crying because of the extreme cold but since they are growing up there everyone seems to get used to it.

  • @evaclaire1930
    @evaclaire1930 2 дня назад +3

    my apartment building has centralized heating, which means we have two settings: really hot (when the radiators are on) and freezing (when the radiators are off, which i sometimes do in my bedroom in the winter because I can’t stand the heat). The heat is included in our rent so we don’t have to pay for it separately though!

  • @kyleknott1097
    @kyleknott1097 3 часа назад

    It’s wild that you keep in the interior space warmer than I do here in the US.

  • @kyleyoung3446
    @kyleyoung3446 3 дня назад +14

    One of the things I have to do in to trap heat inside my apt is cover the windows with plastic, so the seams don't allow so much cold to enter and to much heat to escape. This whole time I thought those Russian central heating pipes were actually moving gas not water. Learned something for this video. Thank you.

  • @in10zfilms
    @in10zfilms 3 часа назад

    Thank you for sharing life in Yakutsk. Watching from Colorado USA, 1,800 sq ft home using natural gas furnace, forced air through ducts, 74°f setting. Winter cost avg $130 usd, Summer cost avg $20 usd. Come visit sometime :D

  • @Supercharger86
    @Supercharger86 2 дня назад +5

    I find it SO fascinating that people can live in such an environment, its almost like a different planet 😄

  • @HarryH187
    @HarryH187 День назад

    Very nice video, specialy in these cold winter days. Love Yakutsk

  • @yannapodzyuban826
    @yannapodzyuban826 День назад +3

    Что могу сказать, моё уважение Якутии. Это очень круто, что люди любят свою Родину и не покидают её, несмотря на такие сложности. Привет из Краснодара, прямо сейчас (23 декабря, 13:34) по Яндексу за окном +11. Моя квартира отапливается котельной на газу, которая принадлежит моему ЖК.

    • @martinm447
      @martinm447 День назад

      Причём тут любят свою родину и не покидают ее? Это видео о системе отопления. А у вас в голове только одно... лучше бы спросили почему трубы центрального отопления всегда не готовы к зиме... такие вопросы и есть показатель того как вы действительно любите свою родину

    • @yannapodzyuban826
      @yannapodzyuban826 День назад

      @@martinm447 А у вас что в голове? Я имею право иметь своё мнение, Вы хотите об этом поспорить? Я бы не выдержала жить в таком и холоде и высказала уважение жителям Якутии. Вы с этим хотите поспорить? Или Вы правда считаете, что Я(!!!???) должна беспокоиться о трубах центрального отопления в Якутии(!!!???) Да с чего бы?! Вы считаете, я правозащитник? Отвечаю - нет.

    • @martinm447
      @martinm447 День назад

      @yannapodzyuban826 да, вы имеете право на свое мнение. Вы его высказали очень красочно. Вам нет никакого дела о состоянии труб центрального отопления в Якутии... и при этом это огромная часть вашей же страны. Вам в принципе все равно. Якутия приносит доход наверное равный половине регионов России и при этом замерзает и трубы текут. Это главное. А вам все равно!! Это, как правильно вы сказали, ваше мнение. Я с не спорю. Я комментирую

    • @yannapodzyuban826
      @yannapodzyuban826 День назад

      @@martinm447 А вам, как я посмотрю, есть дело до всего. Лишь бы пустословить. Я предпочитаю так не поступать. Или вы что-то делаете? Может быть решаете своими делами? Или вы просто сердобольный? В Якутии достаточное количество населения, чтобы решать такие вопросы без меня. У меня есть своя сфера ответственности, как гражданина. И я с ней неплохо справляюсь. У меня получилось добиться (в составе группы) исправления некоторых проблем в моем районе. Снова утверждаю: я не правозащитница. А люди в Якутии дееспособные.

    • @martinm447
      @martinm447 День назад

      @yannapodzyuban826 какой ужас!

  • @cowichecanyonranch
    @cowichecanyonranch 2 дня назад

    Love your energy in this video!

  • @vipahman
    @vipahman 3 дня назад +18

    I have a 96% efficiency propane boiler circulating hot water through baseboard radiators. The temperature in my house is set at 65F (18C) and the house ranges from 60-65F (15-18F). So I'm colder than a Yakutsk apartment!

    • @jordanliszewski6549
      @jordanliszewski6549 3 дня назад +3

      Efficiency ratings are pretty silly. For instance electric heaters are 100% efficient but they suck.

    • @marcus8302
      @marcus8302 3 дня назад +2

      Yeah or coal / solid fuel stoves. Mines horribly inefficient on paper but keeps my lil narrow boat nice and warm 24/7 with shitty single glazed windows and lots of uninsulated metal / ventilation. If I lived on land I'd install a Chinese diesel heater no tax ;)

  • @josejotafernandez9913
    @josejotafernandez9913 2 дня назад

    Watching from Pirineus mountains at -5º, heated by central heating system. Its so relaxing and warm to watch your videos! ^^

  • @MartinAhlman
    @MartinAhlman 3 дня назад +18

    Our house has "lake heating". Pipes steal some heat from the water in the lake, and the pump makes the house warm. Yes, it's definitely magic!

    • @stormveil
      @stormveil 3 дня назад +13

      That sounds like a water source heat pump. Its like a reverse ac.

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +2

      Wow! Sounds eco friendly 😄

    • @letsgoOs1002
      @letsgoOs1002 3 дня назад +5

      Basically that is geothermal

    • @gf4453
      @gf4453 2 дня назад

      Where are you?

    • @un_lucio
      @un_lucio 2 дня назад +6

      @@LifeinYakutia Yes, it's a heat pump using water as the heatsink. Depending on the energy source, it can be energetically neutral and eco-friendly or none at all. Heat pumps are great, and being able to both heat and cool makes them awesome.

  • @chadx8269
    @chadx8269 5 часов назад

    Merry Christmas, Love from USA.

  • @eryck123
    @eryck123 3 дня назад +5

    Very nice video. I think it makes sense to use gas in that kind of climate in Yakutia where gas is also cheap. In Sweden where I live we use electricity and heat pumps to heat our homes. By pumping a liquid into the ground in pipes down to 180meter below we can harvest some energy stored in the ground and use it to heat our homes via water radiators. That way you only consume 1/3 of the electricity you would need with direct heating. I like your apartment it looks good. Thank you

    • @juandenz2008
      @juandenz2008 2 дня назад

      Interesting. People probably think of Sweden as a cold, but it is not as extreme as Yakutia. I was thinking about heat pumps in Yakutia, but it's so cold there I don't think they will work. The very low temperatures mean that a lot of energy solutions used in other countries won't really work.

  • @pinkcoffeedrink
    @pinkcoffeedrink День назад

    It was 7 degrees F this week in the NE US but our house is 68F so we’re doing fine. Very grateful for modern heating!

  • @neilpa
    @neilpa 2 дня назад +6

    Watching this from London England. I think I won't ever complain about it being cold here! I find this video really interesting. In my view, 22 degrees is a good indoors temperature. Thanks for posting!

  • @FlexedNoose
    @FlexedNoose 11 часов назад

    While I won’t be going on Siberian vacations anytime soon, I do appreciate having a look into something only some of the hardiest people can endure.
    I hope you’re enjoying your life out there and hopefully there are more vids like this soon; so from America to you good luck 😁

  • @FixitFrank
    @FixitFrank 20 часов назад +3

    Good luck in the future. I hope Siberia becomes its own country soon and out from under the thumb of moscow.

  • @garymucher4082
    @garymucher4082 13 часов назад

    While I live in the South East section of America, I once was in Alaska to repair a special radio system in the Control Tower at Elmendorf Air Base while there was a white out snow falling. While I was there, the temps were -34 degrees. That is the coldest weather I've ever been in. I tip my hat to you for where and how you endure such cold places... Not sure it would be for me, but you seem to enjoy it there and that really is all the matters... Thumbs Up!

  • @hepcatliz
    @hepcatliz 2 дня назад +7

    lived in Edmonton Alberta Canada, about 54N, most of my life. Growing up we had an electric furnace, from coal energy plants, & pumped hot air through the house. As an adult, most apartment buildings I've lived in had water-fed radiators, of various sizes. Tho no idea what that cost was, water was included as part of the rent. Fun video, love to see how other could weather cities deal with the winter 😅❤

  • @artus198
    @artus198 День назад

    I am glad to see you have switched to cheaper and more efficient gas heating....i hope your whole city switches to it soon !

  • @blue3285
    @blue3285 3 дня назад +10

    Greetings from Türkiye, thank you for your informative video. We generally use individual heating system for each house but some buildings have central heating system.

    • @cebecyanki
      @cebecyanki 2 дня назад +1

      I'm also from Turkiye too, it makes me so happy when I see Turkish person on comments 😊

  • @Mom2my4blessings
    @Mom2my4blessings День назад

    I live by Charleston, SC USA. It’s a cold day when it’s 40/50 degrees F. We heat our house with a heat pump. Our summers can get to over 100 degrees F. I commend you for living in such cold harsh conditions. I watch Kiun B also from Yakutsk. Thank you for showing us your part of the world!

  • @MrAlvinDude
    @MrAlvinDude 3 дня назад +4

    Watching from Denmark.
    In the city where I live, most houses and apartment buildings are heated via piped hot water.
    We have one big burner central for the entire city.
    This central burner unit, also burns all of our garbage. Well the part of our garbage that can not be otherwise be recycled (We have 16 different bins for sorting things to be recycled).
    As we do not have perma-frost in the ground, it is easy to put the hot-water pipes into the ground. The hot-water pipes in the ground are very well insulated.
    The hot-water from the central burner unit has a different temperature in summer or vinter.
    In order to keep a comfortable (and individually selectable) room temperature, all radiators are fitted with room-temperature controlled thermostats. These thermostats will then let hot-water into the radiator, as is needed, in order to keep the room at the selected temperature.

  • @LucienSabre
    @LucienSabre 2 дня назад +1

    In my country it’s the same (older buildings have central heating whereas new ones get individual heating) with the difference that sometimes new buildings get central heating too - that usually happens in the warmest regions, where temperatures never go below tepid.

  • @cleareyesandopenmind9054
    @cleareyesandopenmind9054 3 дня назад +6

    I am from Southern California. We have central heating. However, I only use a small electrical space heater for my room. That is all I need.

    • @LifeinYakutia
      @LifeinYakutia  3 дня назад +2

      That’s good to know, you’re much luckier than us! 😄

  • @carylfontaine3640
    @carylfontaine3640 7 часов назад

    Watching from Vermont..it was -1 ° yesterday which is very cold..Thank-you for your video..very interesting ❤ Stay warm 😊

  • @franz3091
    @franz3091 3 дня назад +4

    Dear Maria, what a lovely and interisting report. It is always a pleasure to see your videos. In Germany we mostly rely on mineral fuels, but things are changing to heat pumps. I wish you and your family a merry christmas and a happy new year. Best wishes, Franz

    • @BrownBomber92181
      @BrownBomber92181 3 дня назад +1

      Heat pumps work well in mild winter climates. However in cold climates they do not work well and become inefficient

    • @franz3091
      @franz3091 3 дня назад +2

      @BrownBomber92181 you are right, but Germany's climate is not comparible to the one in Yakutsk. We don't suffer this much.

    • @BrownBomber92181
      @BrownBomber92181 3 дня назад

      @@franz3091 thats a fact. I live in the US, in the southwest part of the country, we have mild winters and heat pumps work well out here.

    • @TheOtherBill
      @TheOtherBill 3 дня назад +2

      But heat pumps run on electricity and over 70% of the electricity comes from mineral fuels - oil/gas/coal.

    • @BrownBomber92181
      @BrownBomber92181 3 дня назад

      @TheOtherBill very true

  • @StrdFrgman
    @StrdFrgman 2 дня назад

    Excellent, educational video. With technology improving rapidly, I’m sure there are many solutions. Someone in that field will surely comment. Good luck , and good fortune. Good to see you again. 🕊❤️🎄

  • @GoranZelenovic-r1u
    @GoranZelenovic-r1u 3 дня назад +8

    Greetings from Serbia !!!

  • @1o1s1s1i1e
    @1o1s1s1i1e 2 дня назад

    In our senior apartment in Kingsford, Michigan it is heated with natural gas, it was built seven years ago so it is well insulated which saves on heating and cooling. All of our utilities are expensive and prices have been going up every year, our rent is $1,500 per month so we live on a tight budget. Thank you for your video.

  • @rippleyunicorn7321
    @rippleyunicorn7321 2 дня назад +3

    Watching from Miami FL! I will never complain about the cold here ever again

    • @RB2013-jj7kq
      @RB2013-jj7kq 2 дня назад

      Cold, in Miami?????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what do you consider cold, 70°?!?

    • @nightskylights4501
      @nightskylights4501 2 дня назад +1

      Do you consider 80 "cold" in Miami? I hate heat and humidity.

    • @rippleyunicorn7321
      @rippleyunicorn7321 День назад

      @@RB2013-jj7kq basically anything under 70 is the arctic

  • @raapyna8544
    @raapyna8544 9 часов назад

    If the gulf stream gets screwed because of climate change, we could face colder winters as well. It's nice to watch examples about how it might be managable, if you adapt your society to it. I can sometimes get scared, because the world is changing so much. I try to do what I can to impact positive change but in the end, I must plan my future not necessarily knowing how the world will be. Living a simple life close to nature and keeping my children warm and fed seems like a good plan right now. I like your videos. You have your feet on the ground in a gentle way. Love from Finland.

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    @DawnJastremski День назад +193

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      @ZacharyHarris-e2g День назад

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    • @KanLedbetter
      @KanLedbetter День назад

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    • @ZionZzz-c9t
      @ZionZzz-c9t День назад

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      @DawnJastremski День назад

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    • @DawnJastremski
      @DawnJastremski День назад

      To anyone seeking a financial breakthrough,I say:hold on to Faith,trust in God's promises,and believe in miracles!

  • @AbdaleDale
    @AbdaleDale 19 часов назад

    I live in Pennsylvania, which is the east coast of the United States about 5060 miles 100 km from the ocean, here we use natural gas heat , it doesn’t get quite as cold here as it does there the best I’ve ever seen it here during winter time was we’ll say 30 below Fahrenheit, I enjoy your channel thank you very much

  • @joejanczak3014
    @joejanczak3014 День назад

    Thank you for your informative video! Here in southeast Texas our homes, apartments and buildings have central natural gas heating, and some buildings have electric heating. Three years ago there was a terrible five-day blizzard in February here that burst many water pipes and destroyed the electric power lines due to iced full trees falling. That's when the natural gas heaters helped keep everyone warm because the pipes are deep underground and then up to the individual house.

  • @starsmoon0216
    @starsmoon0216 18 часов назад +1

    Merry Christmas from the USA🎄🎄

  • @lyndamartin1109
    @lyndamartin1109 День назад

    I live in a stand alone house in Australia. We have gas central heating and ducted air conditioner on the roof. One unit does both. Our home has 9 rooms (not inc the bathrooms) and each room has a heating vent and an air-con vent. The house is zoned so we don't have to heat or cool the entire house. It's summer here now, we are expecting 40C + on thursday and a total fire ban has been declared. Fingers crossed we don't have any bush fires. Love watching your videos!!