Frozen streets: A street sweeper at work in Ulan Bator – the world’s coldest national capital. — AFP
ULAN BATOR: Clad in a fox fur hat and dog hair boots, Mongolian merchant Undrakhiin Batulzii says his compatriots have over centuries mastered the art of beating the brutal winters of the steppes.
Ulan Bator is regarded as the world’s coldest national capital and can see bone-chilling winter lows of –40°C, tough even for the hardy descendants of Genghis Khan.
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