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Figure 2. Yakutia. Lake Laakha. 14 November 2013. Photo Csaba Mészáros
The other example leads us to northeast Siberia, Yakutia, with the help of Csaba
Mészáros (2019). Readers may be familiar with this geographical name, as in winter
its extreme cold weather, with temperatures below —60—70 C", is often in the news.
Yakutia is not only characterized by extreme cold temperatures, but also by
extremities of the weather, because very cold winters may be paired with hot
summers reaching +40 C". Another important term is permafrost. Thanks to the