Instant cameras aren't designed for use at 40 below, and cannot be recommended for outdoor photography during the winter in Fairbanks.
Still, we gave it a go and managed to capture 3 images, documenting the feeling (for us) of the past couple of very cold weeks in the Alaskan Interior.
Ice fog is no longer a regular occurrence in Fairbanks
"Ice fog has a magic number: minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. It does not form until the air gets that cold, and it dissipates when the temperature rises above that."
We have a pair of moose that live in the neighborhood somewhere. Usually we just see their prints in the snow, but today they were passing through the yard nibbling at trees as we got home, and one of them was kind enough to stop for a quick portrait. Great neighbors...
“What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,” said Rick Thoman , a climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an editor of the new report, called the Arctic Report Card.
