Yeah, I love beer, but it wasn’t the reason of republishing this video. That’s awesome snowy, cold, wild landscapes of Canada!

Ski-zeilen / Ski-sailing

Nationaal Archief / Het Leven / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022003048

‘Ski-sailing’, a new sport invented in Austria, demonstrated in St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 1938.

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How to Run in Cold Weather

Hehe. These tips are good, but in conditions of our cold we need to put more clothes, I think. However, I saw local marathoneers running in -50C and they didn’t have much layers, almost the same. However, they preferred to wear hat as well :) If I would have a chance, I’ll try to take pictures of those runners.

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SusanInCanada, just watch the cool video Jordi found on YouTube. That’s from your area! British Columbia! So much snow! Amazing!

A cool video. Almost 550 cm. This November. The measurement is made at the station of Pig Alley, at a height of 1650 meters above sea level.

Via AmazingSnow.Wordpress.org.

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Harnessing the dogs

Harnessing the dogs

A musher is harnessing his sled dogs.

Yukon Quest       Alaska

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Six Dog Night

Six Dog Night. That is an Alaskan expression for those deep, frigid days that the Alaskan Interior is famous for. Temperatures bordering -60 degrees Fahrenheit (-51 Celsius) are not unheard of in January and February.

But where did this expression come from? Why six dog night?

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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.

Skateboarding in Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia

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