Hello Michael,

 > That would be really cool. In both senses. BTW the coldest
 > place is not in the pole but in the Oimyakon region in the
 > north east of Russia. Though it is inside the arctic circle
 > it is not the extreme north, but somewhere near latitude 70ø
 > north. The average January temperature there is -50øC (-58øF)
 > and the minimum temperature was in the year 1926 as low as
 > -71.2øC (-96.2øF).

Forgive me for expressing some doubt about the accuracy of that
measurement. In the twenties the standard thermometer was filled with
mercury and that freezes at -32. (C). While laboratory equipment to measure
temperatures that low to an acuuracy of .1 degree was available at he time,
I doubt that there was field equipment available in Russia with that range
and that accuracy.

Cheers, Michiel

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