Originally Posted by twh
I wonder if some information can flow in the other direction.

I work in a place where we get below -30c only a couple weeks per year and hit -40c/-40F only for a day or two. Those are the worst days of my life.

Do you have any tips for clothing? How about fire retardant clothing that needs to "breathe"?

In my younger days, my hands would heal from the cracking in a couple days. Now, it takes a week. What do your "old guys" use for bleeding hands?


For FR clothing, I buy mine from this company... http://www.ago1.com/

For my hands, the best stuff I've found yet is this... http://www.okeeffescompany.com/working-hands?gclid=CMnwl4my1cACFcRAMgodQQEAUA
I buy it at the local Home Hardware.