YOU CAN SURVIVE!

If you think you have frost nip, frostbite or hypothermia, here are some tips:

What To Do:

• Warm up any frostbitten area by putting bare skin on it, such as your hand.
• Move around. Walk, jump, swing your arms or move your fingers.
• Loosen any tight clothing.
• Drink something warm, or eat. It gives your body energy to create heat.
• Once you get to a warm building, remove any wet clothing. Warm up with blankets, hot drinks or a warm bath. Cuddle up to another persons warm bare skin.

When its very cold, -50° or -60°, its better to not to take deep breaths. If you breathe deeply in the cold for awhile, you can freeze your lungs.

Gordon Toole,
retired weatherman,
Watson Lake