Winter, Alaska, and Siberia

I don't know about everyone else, but I am pretty fed up with winter and snow. The Big Blizzard of 2006 happened on 12/20-12/21 2006. A month and 2 days ago. Of course, it's snowed more since then and the temperature has only been above 32 on a couple of days, so the massive piles of compacted, thawed and refrozen snow (I would say 10 feet tall in the parking lot at work) show no sign of going anywhere.

But thankfully, we don't have it as bad as others. About a week ago the temperatures here hovered around -5F through 5'F for about a week when an arctic front came through.

Here's a video made in Fairbanks, Alaska, where the temperature was -45F.

A pan of boiling water thrown into the air, evaporating almost instantly. Video taken in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the UAF campus.

Also, here's a collection of pictures taken by a group traveling across Siberia. The temperature there stays around -50'F.