For the first time in my life, yes. I just bought a new (to me) 2007 Jeep, which is why I was driving from BC to the Yukon - vehicles are much cheaper in the south.
> What is weird thing about china, however, is that both Changchun and Harbin are huge cities with millions of people. How could so many people live where it is so cold
I know what you mean, though when you live there, you live there. The Russian city of Murmansk [1] is in the Arctic Circle and has a population of 300k.
>the entire huge songhua river is completely frozen over. Surreal.
In Dawson City, Yukon they're driving across the Yukon River right now - it's part of the highway and the only access to town for the hundred or so people that live on the other side. The river doesn't freeze in Whitehorse because of the dam, though we can drive across any lake around here for the next 3-4 months no problem. Last year my 3 foot ice auger was not long enough to drill a hole for ice fishing :)
For the first time in my life, yes. I just bought a new (to me) 2007 Jeep, which is why I was driving from BC to the Yukon - vehicles are much cheaper in the south.
> What is weird thing about china, however, is that both Changchun and Harbin are huge cities with millions of people. How could so many people live where it is so cold
I know what you mean, though when you live there, you live there. The Russian city of Murmansk [1] is in the Arctic Circle and has a population of 300k.
>the entire huge songhua river is completely frozen over. Surreal.
In Dawson City, Yukon they're driving across the Yukon River right now - it's part of the highway and the only access to town for the hundred or so people that live on the other side. The river doesn't freeze in Whitehorse because of the dam, though we can drive across any lake around here for the next 3-4 months no problem. Last year my 3 foot ice auger was not long enough to drill a hole for ice fishing :)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk