Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, January 2, 2020 My decision to go to Kamchatka for the first week of January was made after much deliberation as to where exactly I wanted to go. The New Year vacation is the longest that I get during the school year, and with eight days to go wherever I please, I am naturally inclined to go somewhere far away in Russia. For a couple months I had my sights set on a city which fascinates me called Yakutsk, which is in the far-northern and eastern part of Russia. It is called the coldest city in the world, with temperatures reaching minus 60, or more. I read about life in Yakutsk and watched videos of how people survive there, hurrying from building to building wearing thick fur coats to avoid the discomfort of extreme cold. Tickets there were not so expensive, but they weren't exactly cheap either. And the more I thought about it, the more I asked myself: what am I going to do for eight days in minus 60 degree w...