How Cold is Cold?

How Cold is Cold?

By James Gore

1/12/11

We made our journey from Anchorage out into the Alaskan countryside. Chistochina, a small tribal village of the Ahthabaskan people, lies in eastern Alaska near the Canadian border. It took us a little over four hours to drive out here from Anchorage, and that journey was AWEsome.

This spectacular drive was made only more interesting as we watched the thermometer go from 20, and then to 10, and then to 0, and then to -10, and then all the way down to negative 15. Holy Moley! The craziest part about all this is that while I am here for only a few days, these Ahthabaskan people are out here all winter long, working and struggling to survive on a daily basis.

Tomorrow brings a new set of adventures. I’m told that we might jump on a dog sled and do some ice fishing. I’m also told that we will hit negative 30 or 40 by the end of the week. Wish us luck.