World’s coldest places: Antarctica, Russia, Greenland, and other regions with extreme temperatures you can travel to

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Antarctica | The coldest place on Earth — officially confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, which recorded –89.2°C at Vostok Station in 1983. Though travellers don’t visit these inland research bases, cruise expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula offer a gentler taste of the continent’s extremes, where summer temperatures hover around –5°C to 5°C. Visitors sail past towering icebergs, walk among penguin colonies, and watch seals bask on icy shores, all in a landscape that feels like the edge of the world. (Image Source: AP)

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Oymyakon, Russia (Sakha Republic) | Often called the coldest permanently inhabited settlement on Earth, Oymyakon’s coldest verified temperature stands at –67.7°C (recorded in 1933). Deep-winter averages fall near –45°C to –50°C. Further