What a feeling – high above the clouds with a view of four countries, lies our Zugspitze Igloo Village in the heart of Germany’s most popular ski resort. Enjoy the magnificent scenery on the Zugspitze Glacier and treat yourself to a very special night in Germany’s highest igloos. (more…)
Today started a cloudless day here in Faibanks, Alaska. People would think that a day like this would be warmer since the sun is out; but because of the short length of our days, exactly 7 hours and 48 minutes today, the sun does not have the time to bring temperatures up much. Today’s high was 5 degrees fahrenheit, about -14 celsius. Wintery temperatures for sure.
Feeling the gradual temperature drop and knowing I wasn’t yet fully ready for winter I used this weekend for winter preparation. I had a long list of things to do for ther: I had wood to split, I had winter tires to install on my wife’s Subaru, I had to clear my driveway of snow, finish winterizing my Jeep, and also fix a small leak on our water heater.
Saturday started with me on our driveway with the snow thrower. (more…)
The Canada-based The Weather Network is useful and popular, mainly in the North America. About this service I’ve heard from SusanInCanada, a ColdUnited co-editor. Right, it’s good. Forecasts weather pretty much accurately. Most of all I like its photo gallery.
Today on the website I found the banner announcing the new set of pics “Snow in Halloween?” with the comment “It may not look or sound right but for some it was a scary, snowy Halloween.” Yeah, why not see goulish images?! Do it.
Yesterday, on Nov. 1, I wanted to participate in the local GPS orienting, but failed. At the last moment, I couldn’t find my fur boots. They were left in a wardrobe at work the last spring. “Damn,” I said. Without extra warm boots I couldn’t bring myself to stay outdoor the whole day, when the temperature was frozen at minus 20 degrees centigrade.
Well, I missed the event. My wish to take pictures of frozen competitors was great. I do regret, but not so much. My colleague Ekaterina, who managed to compete as a trekker, promised me to bring photographs tomorrow and share them with the rest of the world. So, rejoice.
Meanwhile, check out how trekkers can look like, when it is extremely cold. Here we go!
That's Katerina. She was trekking along the hills around Yakutsk at -30C. Nov 16, 2008.
A Flickr resident Michael aka Fort Photo informs “Fort Collins has just experienced our snowiest October in recorded history and the snow all came in one long storm! Here’s a view of the action outside of our home. Happy Winter all! Fall color cancel for us I’m afraid, heh.”
That day was cold. As low as minus 19C in the morning and minus 23C in the evening. Brrr. We are going streight down. Just in a month, we are going to experience the first minus-forty-degree days. Winter is gaining ground!
Amazing. It is cold outside in Yakutsk. On Oct. 30, 2009, the temperature is as low as -20C. But this guy keeps skatboarding on the main square in Yakutsk, the coldest city on the Earth.
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