Still learning....

I fear I have become a little blasé about life in the Arctic. So many things that were once shocking have now become the norm. Temperatures below -20°C are normal, looking out the window to a complete white-out merely makes me reconsider my clothing for the day, stepping on what looks like flat ground and falling into waist-deep snow barely breaks my stride.

So before leaving the house today I checked the little stick with numbers (I fear that my English is diminishing with all these foreigners!) and it told me that today was a balmy -22°C, I glanced outside and saw a gentle breeze blowing a little bit of powder snow about, so nothing dramatic.  My nonchalant attitude led me to dress in normal clothes plus a down jacket, just one face mask, a hat and a scarf.  Sadly my look out the window was deceiving, hiding the 20m/s gusts from my eyes, after no more than 5 minutes outside I had brain-freeze and hat to improvise (that one's for you Paddy ;) ) with my poor choice of clothing....

  

One thing I am certainly not blasé about (and I think it will take a lot to change that) is the return of the sun!  I can't take credit for this photo but it's so stunning I couldn't not share :) .....