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Distribute a chart that lists the lowest recorded temperatures in various parts of the world.
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 ContinentPlace Date Degrees
Fahrenheit
Degrees
Celsius
World (Antarctica) Vostok July 21, 1983 –129 –89
Asia Verkhoyansk/Oimekon Feb. 6, 1933 –90 –68
Greenland Northice Jan. 9, 1954 –87 –66
North America (excl. Greenland) Snag, Yukon, Canada Feb. 3, 1947 –81 –63
United States Prospect Creek, Alaska Jan. 23, 1971 –80 –62
U.S. (excl. Alaska)Rogers Pass, Mont. Jan. 20, 1954 –70 –56.5
Europe Ust 'Shchugor, Russian.a. –67 –55
South America Sarmiento, Argentina June 1, 1907 –27 –33
Africa Ifrane, Morocco Feb. 11, 1935 –11 –24
Australia Charlotte Pass, N.S.W. June 29, 1994 –9–22

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Topographic Laboratories.

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