Right off the bat, that opening picture got me. So fricken cool. I had to read after seeing that image. Minus 40 sucks yes no if and or butts about it minus forty is cold. The one temperature that even the french canadians and americans can agree on, the only temperature that is the same whether it is Celsius or Fahrenheit, and they need to make those words easier to spell.
I would love to see the redwoods re-populate Alaska, I bet it was just awesome up here then.
The only time minus forty was cool was when I was kid and they'd cancel school. And yes, minus forty is minus forty wherever you go.
It seems like the north is still recovering from the ice age. Lots of potential there if things warm up.