Shot back in 2010, Hamnes Fjord.

[Sailor]

BBBBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - looks cold! Nice photo, Janse - we don't see this sort of thing in Texas.


Jer

[Unregistered User 8]

- we don't see this sort of thing in Texas.

Or in Australia. Another excellent image from your beautiful part of the world Janse, well captured mate.

[Janse]

Or in Australia. Another excellent image from your beautiful part of the world Janse, well captured mate.

Thank you so much both to Jer and pjv for those nice comments. I would say that our beautiful winter nature is a "double-edged sword" (which is an old Norwegian expression). That means that I have to use a lot of fire-wood to keep warm tonight.

[photomax7]

-5 Here today...but this looks proper cold...lovely image Janse.

[Janse]

-5 Here today...but this looks proper cold...lovely image Janse.

Thank you so much photomax7. My digital thermometer shows -4.5 Celsius tonight, you beat me.

[eaglem]

The only Ice we see in Perth is in glasses combined with a drink...................nice shot.....I mean the photo that is.

[Janse]

The only Ice we see in Perth is in glasses combined with a drink...................nice shot.....I mean the photo that is.

I really like your sense of humor eaglem, ha...ha.....!

[NS_Sailor]

That's becoming a common scene here in the northern half of North America where the temperatures have been hovering between -30 and -15 Deg. C since Christmas. Yesterday Ottawa was declared the "The Coldest National Capital in the World". It was also reported that the cold temperatures combined with the wind had made the ice on outdoor rinks in the Ottawa area too brittle for skating and Canada's other favorite pastime playing Hockey. Now that's cold!!!

[Adam]

Shot back in 2010, Hamnes Fjord.

Looks a wee bit chilly

[Janse]

That's becoming a common scene here in the northern half of North America where the temperatures have been hovering between -30 and -15 Deg. C since Christmas. Yesterday Ottawa was declared the "The Coldest National Capital in the World". It was also reported that the cold temperatures combined with the wind had made the ice on outdoor rinks in the Ottawa area too brittle for skating and Canada's other favorite pastime playing Hockey. Now that's cold!!!

Yes I agree it is cold. In inner parts of Norway it is the same. On the coast we get help from the Golf Steam.


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Looks a wee bit chilly

Yea, it does. I have a lot of good memories from childhood speedskating on the fjord ice.

[Kerrowdown]

temperatures have been hovering between -30 and -15 Deg. C since Christmas.

That makes here just tropical then at +1.1 Deg C.

[Janse]

That makes here just tropical then at +1.1 Deg C.

Kerrowdown you have always been so subtle in your comments that I seldom understand what you mean. So it is here also.

[Kerrowdown]

So it is here also.

The mention of temperatures of between -30 and -15 Deg C, means we could almost be sunbathing in Scotland when we have temperatures here of +1.1 Deg C.

[NS_Sailor]

Yes I agree it is cold. In inner parts of Norway it is the same. On the coast we get help from the Golf Steam.


---------- Post added 12-30-17 at 02:31 PM ----------

Yea, it does. I have a lot of good memories from childhood speedskating on the fjord ice.

Here in Atlantic Canada we too get the effect of the Gulf Stream as well but this year it must have shifted a little farther to the east.

It also doesn't surprise me that Ottawa is so much colder. The National Parliament is not in session and with no Politicians in town there is no Political Hot Air to keep things warm.