Cold weather?

[Marko]

One variable that hasn't been mentioned here is camera model. Higher end camera models have better "weather-sealing" and that helps.

[Hillbillygirl]

Mentioned weather sealing and model in my first post Marko.

[Kevin McRae]

Hi,

So I am back from Nunavut after 4 days of flight delays. We managed to drive 150 soldiers over 300KM from Churchill, MB to Arviat NU by snowmobile. It was quite the experience to drive across the Arctic Ocean and pass the tree line into the Arctic Circle. The weather did get quite extreme with windchills over -65C. We were not able to travel one day due to a whiteout which was a very interesting experience. Our whole platoon's snowmobiles were almost completely buried half way through the blizzard. Since there is nothing to break the wind the snow accumlates very fast when it hits an object. All of my kit was buried in snow, it gets in every pocket and case you can imagine.

I ended up just bringing my point and shoot camera. I didn't want to risk damaging my gear (I already lost a camera and a few lenses in the summer in a canoe incident) and I had very limited space. I focused more on bringing warm and dry clothes rather than room for my DSLR.

Here are a couple photos I shot with my point and shoot however.







It was a whiteout.



There are about 25 snowmobiles under the snow.

[Iguanasan]

Wow! And I was thinking Halifax was cold! Brrrrrr.... That point and shoot lets you tell a chilly story. That first one is freakin' awesome!

[JAS_Photo]

Cool set! Love the soldier in the whiteout!

[asnow]

Those are amazing pictures with a point and shoot. Love them all. Well done.