Winter-hating Canadians could learn from Norway's love of the season
Many Canadians greet winter with a cold shoulder... but Norwegians seem to love the months of cold and ice and snow.
Today, with Canadian winter looming on the horizon, Kari Leibowitz says we could learn a thing or two from our Nordic friends.She's PhD student at Stanford University. She spent a year in Tromso, Norway, studying positive winter attitudes. The city is as far north as Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. For two months of the winter the sun never quite makes it over the horizon.
In Winnipeg, Liz Wreford is trying to bring some of that Scandinavian attitude toward winter to Canada. Her landscape architecture firm, Plain Projects, built a warming hut called Hygge House - hygge means cozy in Danish.
In winter, the hut sits on the Red River trail, a six-kilometer long skating rink.
No matter where you are in this country, one thing is for sure -- Winter is coming. And as it does every year, Winter divides Canadians into two camps: those who can't wait for winter... and those who can't wait for it to be over once again.
The winter lovers and haters are like fire and ice. Today we thought we'd pit them together in a seasonal battle royale.
They may even change your mind.
Representing the winter-hating among us is Peter White. He is a comedian based in Canada's deep south... the city of Toronto.
And from Canada's North, to bring some winter love, is a man whose official title is the Snow King of Yellowknife... Anthony Foliot.
We want to hear your odes to winter... or diatribes against it. And send us your best pictures making the most of winter... or outfoxing Old Man Winter.
Send us your stories or photos. Use the hashtag #winterCBC on Twitter. We're @TheCurrentCBC. We're also on Facebook and you can send us an email here.
This segment was produced by The Current's Karin Marley, Ines Colabrese and Ing Wong-Ward.
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