{"id":1079081,"date":"2026-01-23T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/486698\/watching-this-creator-restore-old-consoles-makes-me-feel-something-good"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:53:05","slug":"these-charming-mini-movies-will-teach-you-about-the-people-who-live-in-the-coldest-town-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/these-charming-mini-movies-will-teach-you-about-the-people-who-live-in-the-coldest-town-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"These charming mini movies will teach you about the people who live in the coldest town on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A bunch of horses in snowy Siberia\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/these-charming-mini-movies-will-teach-you-about-the-people-who-live-in-the-coldest-town-on-earth.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KiunB\">Kiun B\u2019s YouTube videos<\/a> are mini documentaries about her life and the lives of the 800 people who live in her hometown of Yakutia, Siberia, aka the coldest town on Earth. The creator, who narrates the videos, says she and her community are native to the region. The enchanting mini docs showcase their customs, culture, and day-to-day life \u2014 which looks quite different when it\u2019s 95 degrees Fahrenheit below zero outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This installment follows a family through their day, including waking up before the sun to feed the furnace fire and melt ice for drinking water. They don layers and layers of insulated clothing just to walk short distances outside \u2014 or long distances, in the case of the schoolkids who bundle up each day to commute to class. The stories are humbling, especially as you sit in your cozy home and watch the Yakutians do such hard, backbreaking work just to keep their homes running through the winter. (Don\u2019t worry, it gets warm in the summer \u2014 and there\u2019s a video about that, too!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This documentary has that easy, informative Nat Geo vibe that makes it an unchallenging watch with family over the holidays, for instance. But the creator and narrator being from Yakutia herself gives it a more grounded tone and, of course, better insight about life in the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">While it\u2019s never a good idea to chalk an entire culture up to one YouTube channel, I didn\u2019t know anything about Yakutia or the contemporary lives of the Indigenous people of Siberia before watching these videos, and they exposed me to something I might\u2019ve never learned about otherwise. And who hasn\u2019t wondered how the people who live in the harsh climate of Siberia make it all work? To have that question answered \u2014 and to learn how those people thrive in a cold I can\u2019t even conceive of \u2014 is a great way to spend 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/yuletide-youtube\/486698\/coldest-town-earth-yakutia-siberia-mini-docs-watch-streaming\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiun B\u2019s YouTube videos are mini documentaries about her life and the lives of the 800 people who live in her hometown of Yakutia, Siberia, aka the coldest town on Earth. The creator, who narrates the videos, says she and her community are native to the region. The enchanting mini docs showcase their customs, culture, and day-to-day life \u2014 which looks quite different when it\u2019s 95 degrees Fahrenheit below zero outside. This installment follows a family through their day, including waking up before the sun to feed the furnace fire and melt ice for drinking water. 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