It's not exactly somewhere most go for pleasure-seeking, let's put it that way; at the same time, I can't say that I didn't enjoy the challenge, to say nothing of the fact that I'm originally from the north myself - not quite that far up, but it still gets rather cold and has a fair amount of snow dropped on it during winter.
I take it the climate where you're from is much more moderate?
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I take it the climate where you're from is much more moderate?