I wish he would post his pictures somewhere. I’m sure a lot of them must be fantastic.
I wish he would post his pictures somewhere. I’m sure a lot of them must be fantastic.
-40 is a magical thing, and it's like being on a different planet.
I didn't post all my photos and adventures, but what I do have can be seen here [1]. I've never lived anywhere with more hiking, fishing, camping, biking, hunting, snowboarding, back country snowboarding, winter camping, remote wilderness, white water paddling and all the rest. Unreal.
[1] http://theroadchoseme.com/salmon-fishing-with-bears-in-haine...
(I didn't tag the posts too well, you'll have to click "Next article" at the bottom of each one to keep seeing more adventures through all the seasons)
This might be my most "out of this world" Christmas (and I've had a few!)
Thanks for the kind words.
You can go fancy with an "Arctic Oven" like this: http://theroadchoseme.com/liard-hot-springs-winter
Or old school with a wall tent like this: http://theroadchoseme.com/haines-pass-camping
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hot+tent+winter...
You do get to nice places so if temperature is no issue for you!
It usually feels much colder near freezing because of the humidity.
Once it's past about -30 it's extremely dry, and it feels much less cold. I'm much happier at -20 to -40 than just above or below freezing. Also snow just wipes off and you don't get wet.
The coldest day of my life was snowboarding in Juneau, AK. It was only -30C or so, but it was really, really humid. I was wearing everything I wear when it's -45, and I was freezing all day. I mean I couldn't feel my feet, hands, face and then had to constantly do pushups and jumping jacks to try and stay mobile.
The first minute or two of slow driving is actually bumpy until they warm up a it (even really, really high quality winter tires do this).
Also strange things happens like the plastic around your gear shift shatters, CV joint covers just tear, your seat is frozen solid so your head is on the roof, etc. etc.
Luckily we had a snow storm, so soon after tugging in we were covered by an arms length of warm and insulating snow (I remember being worried to not being able of to keep my breathing tunnel operational).
What was weird is that the bus I took from Changchun had a digital thermometer up front where you could see it fall from around -25 to -35 during the trip.
My mom was born and raised in Alaska, but Ketchikan is closer to Seattle in climate and distance than anchorage.
Latitude has quite a bit of influence on climate but insolation isn't the whole story. Winds generally blow east to west at those latitudes. Harbin's air flow is from the interior of Asia, vs the North Pacific for Seattle and Ketchikan.
Seattle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate
Harbin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humid_continental_climate#Hot/...
The enormity and clarity of what are multiple depths to a lens just can't be captured in a still.
Humanity is doomed. :(