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Earthiscloserto
thesunduring
the Northern
Hemisphere’s
winterthan it is
during itssummer.
Winter
temperatures
in Oymyakon,
Russia,
typically dip to
minus^58
degrees
Fahrenheit.
A wood frog’s bodycan
freezealmostsolid
duringwinter,
thenthawin
spring.
Studies
suggest that our
brains
might be better
atdecision-
makingwhen
temperatures
become cooler.
On the
winter solstice—
the longest night of
the year—people in
the Middle East hold
Yalda,
a festival to ward off
bad spirits.
Densely packed blood
vessels in a reindeer’s
nose warm up cold air
before it travels to the lungs.
Some members of the Inuit people
of^ Alaska, Canada, and Greenland can build
a family-size igloo
in just an hour.
Emperor^
penguins,
which breed^
during winter,
bow^
to their mates
during
courtship.
Winds can reach over 50 miles
an hour in a strong^ blizzard.
(^88) Somehouses
inIceland
havegrass-
covered
roofs
to help
trap heat
inwinter.
Norwayhas
wonmoregold
medals
at the
Winter
Olympics
than any
other country.
TheInupiac
people of
Alaskahave
overa hundred
differentnames
forice.
One type of
winter
squash
isblue
on the outside.
You can buy a winter coat that
(^) doubles as a sleeping bag.
Some 200 southern^
right whales have been^
known to gather off New^
Zealand’s Auckland Islands
on any givenwinterday.
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