Ukraine is in the grips of an really cold winter with several steady weeks of temperatures down around zero. Residents of Kiev are weary of the cold and snow, authorities have put up warming tents around the city, and some schools are closed.
The Living on Earth Almanac
This week, facts about — Jack Frost and other wintry mythological beings.
Just How Cold is it In Alaska
Living On Earth commentator Geo Beach speaks to host Laura Knoy from his home in frigid Homer, Alaska, where temperatures in the past week have dropped as low as 70 degrees below zero.
Bitter Cold
Commentator Susan Carol Hauser remarks on how long stretches of below zero temperatures get even the hardiest down.
