Hundreds of years after the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, it's come to this

[November in Bettles, Alaska: Thick blanket of CO2 traps so much heat that the daytime high was 38 below zero]

FROZEN, NOT BAKED ALASKA

Recent days have seen major cold impact the last Frontier. -40s has ruled the interior with Bettles experiencing some 6 days under 40 below with the coldest high, a brutal "high" of 38 below zero, coldest low was 47 below zero! Fairbanks came 1-degree shy of a record low by recording a 34 below zero reading.