Life here is hard. For ten months of the year, bitter cold, snow and ice ravages the land until only the hardiest survive. Even today, in the peak of summer, the temperature plummeted and I was left huddling against a freezing rain, asking myself again why I left my arctic gear at home in sunny Arizona. But as you can see, they make the best of the weather here, and don’t let it deter them from enjoying life outdoors. It was so cold I could see my breath, yet I drove past Little League games, running clubs, people walking their dogs, and this young man on his bicycle, conditioning his child against the Mars-like environment. Maybe some day the child will be an Arctic Explorer, or even an Astronaut.