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BABY, IT'S COLD
I've lived in northern Minnesota
for over a quarter of a century, marveling at the
winters. The coldest temperature ever measured in the state, -60°F (-51°C), was recor-
ded in Tower, Minnesota, on February 2, 1996. Anticipating a record-breaker, one man
slept out in a snow fort that night and emerged triumphant in the morning, clad in high-
techgarb,tothecheersofhardyobservers,TVcameras,andboom-microphones.Noone
seemed to notice the Black-capped Chickadees calling in the background. Each one of
them had spent that record-breaking night sleeping outdoors, too, each alone in a small
tree cavity, naked as a jaybird.
