Funny, I don't see any canadians walking around with goggles on when it's cold out either. doesn't matter if it's -40c or -10. Sunglasses are mandatory on any sunny day when you are on a snow covered landscape.
Wearing a heavy parka when you are moving and burning energy (thus keeping warm) would be a stupid idea. That's because you would sweat, making your parka damp. when you stopped moving you'd freeze to death.
Lucky for this "writer", their guide is looking out for them and keeping them from bringing their "expedition" to an early end, thus putting himself back on unemployment.
This idiot obviously knows nothing about what normal weather is, nor how cold -29c really is. Just wait untill he writes about the bad sunburn he gets, which he will no doubt blame on "global warming" and holes in the ozone, not on the reflective nature of snow, which intensifies the suns rays.
I'll also howl with laughter when he gets cold, takes off his sunglasses and puts on his goggles, and subsequently goes snow blind, (which is every bit as painful as welding flash burning your retina's) because he was too stupid to understand why you must wear sunglasses on sunday days when on a snow field.
All these things were learned 200 years ago by the first european explorers, and much longer ago by the aborigionals in these regions.
Too bad these novices didn't read a few books before they set out. Now they are going to think they are discovering something new, and of course blame all these things on global warming.
Also there is this:
Elizabeth Andre, a team member of the expedition Global Warming 101, got frostbite on her fingers while setting up tents. She is now recovering well and plans to rejoin the expedition in a couple of days when it's in Pangnirtung. While disappointed to miss part of the trip, Elizabeth knew that leaving the field was the right decision, and she needed to protect her fingers from any further damage.From here.
Of course they are actually blaming it on the warmth:
One Inuit elder told Elizabeth that she believes that the unusually warm weather in Iqaluit the week before the team's departure could have contributed to her frostbite. The elder said that the warm temperatures didn't allow the team members to acclimate. During the team's preparations in Iqaluit, temperatures were 40 degrees Farenheit warmer than they were in Minnesota.
What they are not saying is that Andre spent time in northern MN getting ready for this.