December 12, 2009
Getting there

Getting there

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You can’t see the cold, but it’s -31C, with a weather office warning for extreme wind chills predicting temperatures of -50C over the weekend. Frostbite on exposed skin can happen in less than 5 minutes, so you better be able to shovel fast. People from milder parts of the world (which come to think of it is most people) sometimes ask what that’s like. All I can tell you is that below -30C or so the cold takes on an aggressive quality — it bites and nips at whatever it can touch. It looks for moisture to crisp up, and condensation rises from all manner of unlikely places.

You can’t see the cold, but it’s -31C, with a weather office warning for extreme wind chills predicting temperatures of -50C over the weekend. Frostbite on exposed skin can happen in less than 5 minutes, so you better be able to shovel fast. People from milder parts of the world (which come to think of it is most people) sometimes ask what that’s like. All I can tell you is that below -30C or so the cold takes on an aggressive quality — it bites and nips at whatever it can touch. It looks for moisture to crisp up, and condensation rises from all manner of unlikely places.

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December 11, 2009

I decide each day. And today I will not despair.

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