Alaska

[starkind]

Maybe it's cuz I grew up in UT as a kid. Cold doesn't super scare me.

Maybe it should.

The biggest one is do not overdress because sweat kills. Of course you are not going to die of hypothermia being overdressed and sweating waiting for the bus in Toronto. But in a remote setting, this is important.

The Inuit caribou parka is an amazing bit of technology even though it is low tech. Caribou hairs on the inside of the parka and the hide to the outside. Caribou hairs are hollow and your body heats the air up and it is retained. A good hood with a full ruff that makes rime frost instead of structural ice.

More modern Inuit parkas were typically anorak (pullover style) because you eliminate the cold spot of the zipper. They are two layer construction. Wool duffel inner (felted wool) with a cotton or poly outer. The poly outer is windproof and sheds enough snow because it is not wet snow. Goretex and other waterproof breathables are useless at subzero temps because they lose the ability to push moisture to the outer layer.

This was something I learned early on when I first went to the Arctic. In fact, throughout my time there I would always get comments like aren't you cold wearing that?

Of course I never wore huge, heavy Canada Goose Parkas or expedition boots. Unless out on the land. Never wore a Canada Goose ever.

For years I wore a 200 weight fleece and a synthetic insulated parka and changed my closest to skin layers for the temp. Never wore windpants or insulated pants except while out on the land. And I walked everywhere.

You think it should be easy putting on enough clothes to be warm, right?

But there is a difference when you are standing still and moving.

You really want to be just on the edge of feeling a chill was what elders told me.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-...y-cold-weather