On February 3, 1947, the small town of Snag in the Yukon
Territory was hit with a big cold snap. The temperature reached -62.8 Celsius (I
looked it up. That’s -81.04 Fahrenheit!) and hovered there for about a week. At
that temperature, exposed skin will freeze in three minutes or less. When you
exhale, your breath makes an odd hissing sound as it freezes. It will hang in
the air behind you for hundreds of yards. Locals discovered sound travels much
farther through cold, dense air. People at the airport (most towns here do have
airports) reported clearly hearing voices of townsfolk speaking in town, at
least five kilometers (more than three miles) away. Stories like this explain
why the cruise season in this part of the world is only five months long. The
scenery here is epic. It’s a beautiful place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to
live here.
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