At minus 30 degrees Celsius, the bitter cold is more than just a number. Expose yourself to the cold for more than 10 minutes and your skin will start tingling and your eyelashes and hair will stiffen.
Since 1976, the U.S. state of Iowa has held caucuses, political party meetings to select U.S. presidential candidates every four years. The tradition, an important indicator of a candidate’s likely success, usually takes place in the cold months of January or February. But January 15 this year saw voters head to the coldest caucuses ever, with wind chills falling as low as minus 34 degrees Celsius.
Nevertheless, the freezing gales could not dampen the fervor of attendees, nor did it deter a Chinese university delegation from observing the opening act