Did any of you guys serve in Norway during the cold war.

The coldest temperature I experienced there was minus 45° C. With the windchill that day it was minus 73°C. Bloody freeeeeeeeezing.


Steven Preece

My coldest was -27 Celsius. I have no idea how cold it was at night, but I do remember that waking up and getting dressed and up to the gun line was an adventure I do not want to repeat.

Dean.

Originally Posted by StevenPreece

Did any of you guys serve in Norway during the cold war.

The coldest temperature I experienced there was minus 45° C. With the windchill that day it was minus 73°C. Bloody freeeeeeeeezing.

Not during the cold war, but we went through the course at ATC/N (good stuff) and Dombas (not sure if that is still going as it was in the 90s). White fish, black bread, plenty of alcohol, been warmer, been colder. I kinda like it, the cold doesn't bother me too much unless it's in the water. I was stationed in Iceland at Keflavik NAS. Nothing was worse than having to get into that freezing cold ocean for training/rescues, now that was just too damn cold. Hypothermia became as common as a headache.

I'd rather be cold that hot, oddly enough.

Me too. Coldest temperature I experienced was minus 30 °C in Western Canada. Coming from an island where 10 °C in January is already a bit too cool, that was something totally new for me.

Coldest I've ever been in is 10 °F.

Strangely, I have yet to see snow.

Originally Posted by 5.56X45mm

Strangely, I have yet to see snow.

What are you kidding me?

Yup, I take my Miami heat with me.

Everywhere I have gone. There has been no snow.

Don't know why. It's just funny.

I have a friend from the Canaries who has that same problem.

4 Fahrenheit-Andes Mountains

I like the cold weather more than the hot weather.

My coldest was about 10 F. I have seen a small snow in Central Texas.