Journey to Ulan Bator-a train ride across the Gobi Desert

Aland-locked state three times the size of France bordered by Rus sia to the north and China to thesouth, Mongolia is far away from moder-ating maritime influences. After a short,pleasant summer, when the temperaturecan go up to 30 degrees, the long wintercan produce January temperatures below-40 in the capital Ulan Bator. This is muchcolder than would be expected for a lati-tude of 47 degrees North. A major factorin this is the wind which, when it blowsfrom the north, can q…

Journey to Ulan Bator - a train ride across the Gobi Desert

Aland-locked state three times the size of France bordered by Rus sia to the north and China to the south, Mongolia is far away from moderating maritime influences. After a short,pleasant summer, when the temperature can go up to 30 degrees, the long winter can produce January temperatures below-40 in the capital Ulan Bator. This is much colder than would be expected for a latitude of 47 degrees North. A major factor in this is the wind which, when it blows from the north, can quickly lower temperatures.