Residents in some Siberian towns in Russia are searching for meteorite fragments buried in deep snow and lodged in roof tiles after last Friday's fiery explosion in the sky.
Consider getting rubber boots that will keep your feet dry, as opposed to boots with laces (bits of snow get lodged in the laces and melt into the boot, even if the company claims it's waterproof).
At a time when most of the park's road system is closed for snow season, this lodge is open for business, a true getaway in the most secluded sense: the only access is by snow coach or a guided snowmobile trek.
For the more active moments around the lodge, snow machine adventures, cross-country skiing, dog mushing, sledding and snowshoe baseball fill our short but intense days.
I skied like a novice back to the lodge, snow-plowing, leaning back to keep my tips up.
He had holes in his boots from where the errant snow hook had lodged itself, enabling the dogs to drag their hungry driver by his feet.
