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- Kennie
- Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- After spending six years living and teaching in the Canadian Arctic (Nunavut and Yukon), I returned to the Maritimes to work at my Alma Mater, The University of New Brunswick, as the Media Lab Supervisor with the Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning. At the Media Lab I help faculty and students learn how to use instructional and media technology in their classes and projects.
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Tales from the Arctic by Kendra Haines is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.
Based on a work at arcticteacher.blogspot.com.
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12 comments:
so what you're telling me is that it's -17 degree Fahrenheit outside your house? HOLY COW! now THAT is freezing! i will stop complaining that i'm cold since it's like 50 degrees here today! WOW! drink some hot cocoa! it's warm you up!
LOL - I live way up North .. above the Arctic Circle. I'm closer to the North Pole than I am to my hometown. It's not to bad though... yet. I can't wait until I get the -40 degrees picture ;-)
Does that count windchill or just straight temperature?
I assume temperature because I was like "that's all?" when I saw that.
Oh temperatures in the north, a constant pissing contest.
I agree though, Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.
LOL - that's just the temp ... add the windchill in and it's -35. Not quite parka time... but getting damn close.
And yes, it is a little pissing contest up here in the North with temperatures :-) - can't wait for -40!
This just puts it in perspective for those southerners who are going "booo-hooo, it's going down to zero tonight and then back to +13 in the morning" (I know who you all are ;-) )
Wow! You are a lot tougher than I am! I broke out the Canada Goose as soon as I got to Rankin (aka, end of October).
But then again I guess I have a 20-25 minute walk to work in the mornings!!!
Pissing contest? LOL! You can keep your super cold temperature! I am happy as pie with our only -8C! I am secure with my wimpyness. :)
I have about a 10 minute walk in the morning and after school. In the afternoon if it's really cold and windy out I do wimp out and go over to the detachment and ask (every so nicely to our two wonderful guys who don't mind getting out of the office for a bit) for a ride out to my place.
I think the parka is coming out tonight though, as we crossed the -30 mark this afternoon .. it's now -31 outside with a wind chill of -38.
I don't know if I would call it toughness or just stupidity on my part Jackie ... it's just such a hassle to get the zipper up on my parka (need to break it in still).
Those CG parkas are a PAIN to zip up!! I thought I was just fat, I am glad to hear it's not just me!!
I just re-read my comment....I mean to say that I am glad I am not the only one that has problems getting the coat zipped up...not that anyone one is fat...lol
I guess while I am commenting again I should add a tip: I zip the coat up first then pull it on like a sweater.
Ok kids. What kind of crazy CG parkas do you have???
I'm mesmerized by the complexity of it all!!!!
haha - I understood what you meant by the comment Jen - I think we all think that about ourselves and those darn CG parkas! I wind up zipping mine up and pulling it on from the bottom up as that pesky inside wrap thing that I have with mine often winds up halfway up my back if I pull it on like a sweater.
Sometimes, depending on how much difficulty we are having with our parkas, we'll ask who ever with are with to zip them up for us - kinda like what I have to do with my kindergarten kids!
Jackie, I've got the Resolute - extremely nice and warm jacket .. it's just that the zipper is a pain in the ass. All of us here that have the Resolute that haven't had the chance to break it in all have the same problem.
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