Wow, I have to say that the article is definitely Australocentric though. I suppose Australians' blood isn't quite thick enough to handle it, but here in the Northeast USA, in the heart of January and February, -5°C is almost warm! I believe it was two or three straight weeks in winter of 2003, we didn't get above that temperature. At all. Day or night.
I love the article — limit exposure to 30 minutes. Ha! Our road crews and construction workers that work eight hour shifts at those temperatures laugh at this weakling of an article author. The coldest I've ever been in is -35°C, and that's the point at which you might want to think about getting yourself inside as quickly as you can. (I was outside for less than 60 seconds before realizing that it was damn frickin' cold and it wasn't fun to be at such a low temperature anymore.)
Glad you had a good time, and despite the article it seems like a very cool place regardless. :-)
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Date: 2006-06-02 03:12 am (UTC)I love the article — limit exposure to 30 minutes. Ha! Our road crews and construction workers that work eight hour shifts at those temperatures laugh at this weakling of an article author. The coldest I've ever been in is -35°C, and that's the point at which you might want to think about getting yourself inside as quickly as you can. (I was outside for less than 60 seconds before realizing that it was damn frickin' cold and it wasn't fun to be at such a low temperature anymore.)
Glad you had a good time, and despite the article it seems like a very cool place regardless. :-)