It's a cold morning (in Barrow, AK).

http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam ^ | 12/17/2011 | seaice.alaska

[Signalman]

Photo taken 7:26AM AK Time, (about 5 minutes ago) of downtown Barrow, Alaska. It's -15F.

Picture updates every few minutes.

[Larry Lucido]

Shopping in Barrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FgZZ8Wkwkc&feature=related

Looks like prices are about triple what you would pay in the lower 48.

[Larry Lucido]

Tour of Barrow (winter driving)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6B7Trui5qo

[Ole Okie]

I remember when Will Rogers and Wiley Post died in ‘35. It was a sad day in Oklahoma.

[muir_redwoods]

I was in -15 once in St Paul and once in Hartford. It feels actually life threatening. I can’t imagine -55

[PROTESTBYPROXY]

my favorite site webcam!
http://www.evk2cnr.org/WebCams/PyramidOne/everest-webcam.html

[El Laton Caliente]

I’ve been working in Prudoe Bay when it was -46ºf with a 55 mph sustained wind. IIRC, wind chill was somewhere around -100...

When it has been -20º and -30º then goes to -10º it really does feel warmer.

[Cuttnhorse]

Yes it is a heat wave...weird weather...I’m in central BC and it was just barely freezing this morning with light snow...warmed up later in morning to 33 and mixed rain and snow. I don’t like it!!

[DPMD]

So, on that day, my brother-in-law will very likely be up before sunrise.

Barely.

And only on that day.

[goat granny]

I remember back in the 40’s (1940’s) my dad would put a blanket over the engine when it got really cold...(Michigan)

[mc5cents]

Blessedly warm here in Buffalo, NY so far too. No snow on the ground and it looks like it will be a green Christmas this year too if the forecast is correct. Been in the 40's mostly during the day, up to near 60 a couple of days last week. I love Global Warming☺

[mc5cents]

I’m looking at a map and wondering what body of water that is out there. There is Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean. I am confused.

[American in Israel]

Water lines are protected by burying them 4 foot deep, insulating them and putting a heat tape cord in the pipe or between the pipe and the insulation to inject around 5 watts a foot. Other wise your sewer freezes in the dead of winter.

[ex91B10]

I cannot for the life of me understand why people would voluntarily reside in such places.

[hockea]

Yes, you can swin in the arctic ocean; there’s even a club called the ‘polar bear’s’ If you go by Pepe’s mexican food you can say HI to Fran and get your certificate.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/pepes-north-of-the-border-barrow

I once lived in Atqasuk, about 60 miles south of Barrow on the Meade River.