Ikkii (Ikkiirnaqtuq)

Early morning ice fog... Yellowknife

The digital temperature reading outside the YK Centre on our main street is a hot photo spot this time of year. The Japenese tourists love to get their pic taken when the temperature drops!  We've just been through a ten day period where the temperature sat in the -30 to -40 C range which is pretty normal for this time of year... but less common than it used to be. We've been spoiled the last three or four years. I don't think we hit -40 once last year.

 In my mind, it seems the first winter I spent in YK the -40 temperature and ice fog hung around for almost a full two months.. January and February and that was normal... I discovered that at -45C my spit, if the arc was right, would freeze and bounce when it hit the sidewalk, wow! Just call me 'old-timer'. 'Why I remember back in the old days...'

Other than just endure, there is not a lot that you can enjoy about -40...   at -20 to -24 I stop cycling,
 -30 to -34 is my limit for skiing (feels like you are skiing on sand) ... I have run at -40 but that is probably just silly and I don't do that anymore... so just like molecules in molecular theory the colder it gets the less I move. Like our old cat Sam, I prefer to curl up close to the fire.

I suppose I could go for a swim... and a sit in the steam room!!