Not so much temperature-wise (although 5-10 degrees isn't really warm) but the wind was unrelenting except for a couple of brief breaks when it snowed. It's part of what made the last leg of the race so difficult for the mushers, especially the ones at the front. Glare ice and 30 mph winds make it hard to keep a sled upright.

Of course, the week after we got back, the temperature moderated up into the 20s and 30s. It never fails.

and like me, one of the few of the photog!!!

I like the picture.

I also like how the plane looks so tiny.

I like the forms that the snow and ice take around you. They frame you.

I know, you hid with all the ice around you to block the wind, right? I would.

That's a nice photo. Kudos to HullBoss.

looks cooooold!

hey Blue, my son just got a job on Fox Island (Sous Chef) for the summer... tell me he will be ok there

He'll be fine. That's an absolutely gorgeous area. Is he a photographer? If he is, he'll love it. Seward, which is a semblance of civilization, is close by.