Arctic Weather

It is winter in the Arctic, so of course we have been having some crazy weather! A week ago, it was -5 when we woke up to go to school, and by the time we went to bed it was 35 degrees outside (our first time above freezing since November), and we even got a bit of RAIN. Of course, the rain all froze and now we have about 2 inches of solid ice outside. We have been told that this happens every year when a big warm snow system moves in. So, then we woke up to that huge system last Saturday with a blizzard blowing outside... we could hardly even see across the street! Here are some pictures from the crazy snow:

The snow drift covering our stairs:

Here is what we opened our door to:


A little video of the snow and wind blowing outside

The crazy weather didn't end there! After the blizzard left town, the wind didn't go anywhere... in fact, it got worse. We had constant 35-40 mph winds blowing for 3 DAYS STRAIGHT this week (that's without stopping) and gusts up to 55mph. Michael and I had to walk into the wind going to work, so we had some serious resistance training on our way there, but then we were almost running on our way home with the wind pushing us from behind! We were definitely sweating by the time we got to school. I couldn't take my kids out to recess because the wind chill made it about 20 below outside, plus I didn't want any of them to be taken away by the wind. We walked home last night and the wind had finally died down, and it seemed like such an easy, uneventful walk home!