Winter Blues

The Scandinavian Heritage Park located in Minot, North Dakota is a magical place where you’ll find remembrances and replicas from each of the five Scandinavian and Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

A statue honoring Sondre Norheim, the father of skiing, is located in the park. Lars Berge Haugann of Morgedal, Norway, lit the Sondre Norheim Eternal Flame burning on December 4, 1993.A flame from the fireplace of Norheim’s birthplace in Norway was transported to Minot by North Dakota Governor Edward Schafer on a Norsk Hostfest sponsored trip.

So Minot is a bit of a fixer-upper.
It may have a few flaws.
But ND Tourism's Frozen arrangement,
For this tourist engagement,
Should give prospective tourists ample pause.

No seriously. North Dakota Tourism wants you to know six ways how Disney's Frozen is just like Minot. Source: www.ndtourism.com/articles/6-ways-disneys-frozen-just-minot-north-dakota

Theodore Roosevelt originally came to Dakota Territory in 1883 to hunt bison. The locals showed little interest in helping this eastern tenderfoot. The promise of quick cash, however, convinced Joe Ferris - a 25-year-old Canadian living in the Badlands - to act as Roosevelt's hunting guide.

On December 15th, 1884, Roosevelt wrote just two words in his journal to describe the tundra's harsh winter: Bitterly cold.

Burdick Expressway is found in Minot, North Dakota. The busy street is named after Quentin Burdick, who represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death, he was the third longest-serving senator (after Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd).

In late 2001, the National Weather Service implemented a new Wind Chill Temperature (WCT) Index. The reason for the change was to improve upon the old index used by the NWS and the Meteorological Services of Canada (MSC) which was based on the 1945 Siple and Passel Index.

Using the old model, 7 degrees with a wind of 18 mph would have resulted in a windchill of -26 degrees.