How to Stay Warm Outdoors in Winter: Layering, Sleeping Bags and Pads
Staying warm outdoors comes down to three things: trapping body heat, keeping moisture away from your skin and blocking wind and wet. Get t...
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Boiling Water at −41°C: Why It Turns to Snow in a Russian Winter
Toss a pot of just-boiled water into air at −41°C and it never reaches the ground as liquid. It explodes into a hissing white cloud that dr...
Wet T-Shirt Freezes in a Minute at −20°F: Dubuque, Iowa, and Wind Chill
Take a T-shirt out of a bucket of water, carry it outside at −20°F and wait. Envision Sports Designs of Dubuque, Iowa, filmed exactly that,...
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Things to Do When It's Really Cold Outside: A Wisconsin Polar Vortex Video
When the polar vortex dropped Arctic air over the Upper Midwest in January 2014, most of Wisconsin stayed indoors. Schools closed, cars ref...
Boiling Water Turns to Snow at -30 °C in Yellowknife: The Science
Throw a pot of hot water into the air at minus 30 °C and it explodes into a white cloud that drifts away like smoke. This short clip, filme...