Temperatures have plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius in Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as the coldest on earth.

Located 5000 km east of Moscow on the permafrost of the Russian Far East, residents of the mining city often see the thermometer regularly drop well below minus 40.

Anastasia Gruzdeva (pictured below), standing outside in two scarves, wears two pairs of gloves and multiple hats and hoods.

Resident Fyodor Sokovikov: “I think it’s at least -50C now. It was -49C yesterday and it felt a bit warmer. I think so at least.”

"You don't really feel the cold in the city," she said.

"Or maybe it's just the brain prepares you for it, and tells you everything is normal," she added in the city shrouded by icy mist.

“You can’t fight with frost. You either adjust and dress accordingly or you suffer and drive a car.

“It’s quite simple actually. I have two mittens, two scarves. Warm shoes is a must. And you need to cover your head. This is all very important.

"Also warm trousers, because the biggest heat loss is in the leg area. If your legs are cold, you are cold. So dress warmly.”

Anastasia Gruzdeva: “You can’t fight with frost. You either adjust and dress accordingly or you suffer and drive a car. It’s quite simple actually."

Another resident, Nurgusun Starostina, who sells frozen fish at a market without the need for a fridge or freezer, said there were no special secrets to deal with the cold.

“We dress accordingly and (feel) very well. That’s it. We work.

"Just dress warmly – in layers, like a cabbage!"