I honestly don’t know how you live there. Where I live it maybe gets -15 at worst, and usually for no more than a week. I cannot even fathom 30-40 below.
Also, is it light very long over there? I was just out in Oregon, and it was DARK by 4:30. Sun up around 7:30. The days just felt very short to me. How is it for you?
The sun sets a little after 2 these days. In about a weeek or so we start gaining daylight. The winters are dark but the summers are glorious.
This is nothing special. In early 1989 we had 20 to 30 below for a couple of weeks. Then we had 40 to 50 below for a couple of weeks. Then it got cold. Fairbanks was below -60 for about ten days, North Pole was about -70. Coldfoot and McGrath were -80. Now that is cold.