July 21st...The Coldest Temperature (and Other Weather Extremes)

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 126. This time we examine the year 1983 as the Vostok Research Station records the coldest temperature on Earth.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://argusspectrum.com/vostok_station_antarctica

https://wgntv.com/weather/weather-blog/what-is-the-coldest-temperature-ever-recorded-on-the-earth/

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature/

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/xinjiang/turpan/mt_flaming.htm

https://www.alien.com.tw/websev?lang=en&ref=pages&id=151

https://www.sciencealert.com/death-valley-is-famous-for-it-s-heat-but-there-are-two-deserts-even-hotter

https://www.tomorrow.io/weather/blog/the-worlds-most-extreme-and-habitable-weather-locations/

 

Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Russian_station_Vostok.jpg/1200px-Russian_station_Vostok.jpg