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Yakutsk is the largest city in the world built on permafrost – soil that remains permanently frozen year round.

雅库茨克是世界上建设在永久冻土上最大的城市——土壤在全年都保持冰冻。

After a third winter Poyarkovreturned to Yakutsk with fewer than a quarter of his 160 men.

又经历了一个冬天之后，波亚尔科夫回到了雅库茨克，160人只剩下不到四分之一。

For this reason, every single building in Yakutsk is built on underground stilts, varying in depth depending on the size of the building.

就是这个原因，雅库茨克的每一幢房屋都建造在地下的桩基上，桩基的深度会根据建筑物的大小而变化。

Both Moscow and Yakutsk are currently in the midst of cold, snowy winters.

当下莫斯科和雅库茨克都正在寒冷多雪的冬天。

Even today, telling my Moscow friends that I was heading to Yakutsk brought stares of incredulity, as though I'd told them I was going to the Moon.

甚至在今天，当我告诉莫斯科的朋友我将去雅库茨克，他们会朝我目瞪口呆，好像我告诉他们要去月球。

Yakutsk is also the largest city built on continuous permafrost.

雅库茨克也是建立在这块永久性冻土上的最大城市。

Yakutsk 's remoteness is also extraordinary.

雅库茨克的遥远也很不一般。

Russia is abundant in regions that can claim to be very big, very remote and very cold, but Yakutsk takes the biscuit.

在俄国，可以称得上很大、很远和很冷的地方有许多，但是在寒冷方面雅库茨克拔得头筹。

Yakutsk is a place where friendly locals warn you against wearing spectacles outdoors.

友善的雅库茨克人会提醒你在户外不要戴眼镜。

Until the Russian Revolution of 1917, Yakutsk remained an insignificant provincial outpost.

直到1917年俄国革命，雅库茨克一直是一个不重要的外省前哨地。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。