Champagne & Polar Bears: Romance in the Arctic'Champagne and Polar Bears' is the true story of day-to-day survival in severe weather, adventures with inquisitive polar bears, and four months of total darkness. It also tells a story of one brave woman's personal development and a romance that developed in a small, frozen hut in the Arctic. |
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... warm , anyway ; that was the only part of me that would feel the cold indoors as the floor was bare wood and offered little insulation from the freezing temperatures underneath . Wearing a warm hat indoors also helped to keep in the ...
... warm , anyway ; that was the only part of me that would feel the cold indoors as the floor was bare wood and offered little insulation from the freezing temperatures underneath . Wearing a warm hat indoors also helped to keep in the ...
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... warm up a bit and the coffee to percolate . Hauke didn't stay out long , nipping back in after a couple of minutes . I ran about , jogged on the spot , got some blood flowing through my muscles , windmilled my arms to keep warm . I ...
... warm up a bit and the coffee to percolate . Hauke didn't stay out long , nipping back in after a couple of minutes . I ran about , jogged on the spot , got some blood flowing through my muscles , windmilled my arms to keep warm . I ...
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... warm the air . We often had beautiful clear skies and windless days , but temperatures were regularly below -25 ° C and occasionally below -35 ° C . It was hard to keep warm even indoors when the wind blew strong , and wearing woolly ...
... warm the air . We often had beautiful clear skies and windless days , but temperatures were regularly below -25 ° C and occasionally below -35 ° C . It was hard to keep warm even indoors when the wind blew strong , and wearing woolly ...
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