His name is Andrei. He is the director of sports center in the settlement of Tomtor in the valley of Oymyakon. In winter with its usual extremely cold weather, he likes running from home to his work place in the early morning and… swimming in the Kujdusun brook, that gets never frozen even under -50 degrees Centigrade.

Via Hannes Rada

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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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