When it’s -40 degrees, the last thing you want is to get stranded outside and have to wait for a towing!
-
Blog Stats (Since Oct.26 2007)
- 320,596 visits
Archives
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
-
Blogroll
- “Nunavut Newbies,” a cheerful blog from the East
- "Alex Up North," a blog from Fort Simpson
- ‘Suaangan: Our strength” (Great short films)
- A guide to Inuit (eastern arctic) musical culture
- A map of languages and dialects
- A South African in Yellowknife
- CBC Radio’s “best of the North” podcast! Once a week.
- Dustysensor.ca
- Great photos from Iqaluit
- Inuvik Centennial Library
- Inuvik Sun Calendar
- Inuvik Youth Centre
- Inuvik's youth newspaper: a project of the Youth Centre
- Inuvik.ca (Official town site)
- NNSL’s week in pictures
- Northern Blogs (a comprehensive list)
- NWT blogs (A comprehensive list!)
- Photos by George Lessard (Yellowknife, Nunavut and beyond)
- Polar Doc: Another great photoblog from Inuvik
- Sleddogwatchdog.com, a site which condemns the sport
- Tales from Arctic Bay ( no longer active, but worth seeing)
- Tales from the Yukon (a teacher's experiences)
- THE WORLD ‘PHOTO A DAY’ PROJECT
- Tusaayaksat.com: Inuvialuit news and culture
- Wikipedia’s entry on the NWT
- YKonline.ca (Yellowknife, NWT)
-
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License.Want a full-size photo or have a request? Send me an e-mail at Phil.Morin1 @ gmail.com
I hate to drive, partly because I can’t stand it when my car won’t start. I walk whenever possible, but I had to take the car today.
I was really nervous about the cold, so I did EVERYTHING RIGHT. At lunchtime, I drove my car around for about half an hour. It wasn’t happy about starting, but I knew it was the only way to be reasonably certain that it would run at the end of the day. I even left the office right at 5:00, which NEVER happens.
The engine made that pathetic coughing sound and refused to start. It is basically a block of ice outside my office.
I wanted to cry.
Ah, that is a sad story. How cold was it outside?
About -40 (maybe a degree or two above). It’s the same temperature today, so I get to do it all over again with our other vehicle.
Best-case scenario: I arrive home with two fully functional vehicles.
Worst-case scenario: I leave both vehicles on the street next to my office.
Well, best of luck with that! Let me know how it works out.
Success!
I mean that in the sense that my car is now sitting in my driveway with a dead battery instead of on the street with a dead battery.
It’s funny how everything is relative. For example, I’m really looking forward to the forecasted -25 this weekend.
here in the UK we get a few flakes of snow and it is a national crisis. We should learn but we don’t.
Where there’s light
There’s warmth
They say