Verkhoyansk

Verkhoyansk a town in Yakutia, north-east Siberia, Russia, on the Yana River[?], near the Arctic Circle. A river port, a fur-collecting depot, and the center of a reindeer-raising area, it lies in the coldest area of the northern hemisphere. The lowest temperature recorded there was -90° F (-68° C). Founded in 1638, it was a place of political exile until 1917.