Look at his whiskers! That beaver is cold and has been cold for a long long time! I found this by accident over the weekend and have been marveling at it ever sense. His warm breath must have been adding to that snow-sker for hours.
The first winter I spent with Jon was in Germany and supposedly the coldest weather they had seen since the war. The temperature dropped to 25 below (celsius). It was so cold that you could spit in your hand and make an icecube (if you were so inclined). We went strolling through the snow and laughed when his mustache froze.
But it didn’t freeze as much as that.
If you need something else even more fascinating and cold, check out this amazing tale of the ‘brin-icle’ from the new documentary Frozen Earth.I love the time lapse photography at the end with the star fish and sea urchins scurrying into the ice. I couldn’t understand at first why they all seem eager to die, but have decided there must be an easy stream of sluggish plankton to feed on at first. Must be your best meal ever before it’s your last.
