“Conversation, OTOH, can be difficult. You have to pick the words up, carry them inside your cabin, and thaw them on the stove before you can hear them. “
LOL. They dealt with something like that on the Flintstones once. Fred screamed into a box...they drove into the woods, opened the box, and then the yell rang out.
In any case, I know what you’re getting at. If people understand and are prepared for super-cold conditions, they can survive, as the people in your north do every year.