This book is designed to help you survive 40 below. It will tell you:
The coldest day ever!
The coldest air temperature ever taken in
North America was in Snag, Yukon in February
1947. It was -63°C! The temperature was
taken by weatherman Gordon Toole. "When
we found out that -63° was a record,
everyone went outside and tried different
experiments
", says Gordon. "One fellow
threw water up in the air. By the time it hit
the ground, the water drops had frozen into
chunks of ice! We could also hear a hissing
sound as we breathed. It was the sound of
our breath freezing when it hit the air!
"