Valparaiso in Chile is only 550km, but by a road over the Andes that sometimes gets blocked by snow in winter.
Working at the bank, making dinner, reading my books, swimming at the Twenty Two in the summer, walking in the snow in the winter.
Relaxing in the lagoon, surrounded by steam, snow (in the winter) and black mountains of lava rock, is a breathtaking and uniquely Icelandic experience.
The snow looks beautiful in the winter sunlight, like a giant meringue curling from the rooftops.
Farmers maintain the meadows and forests on the slopes, and that helps to keep winter snow in place.
Mild temperatures are nice in winter, but snow and brisk sunny weather puts people in the holiday spirit.
The same neighbour told the New York Times that the couple's sons had shovelled snow for her in the winter, but that they had had loud parties.
Users can bet on everything from who will be the next Pope to how much snow will fall in a given winter.
In the winter the peaks may be covered in snow, while the coast remains relatively balmy.
With the 20th-century boom in winter sports, the unloved blankets of snow that stifled the Walser each winter suddenly became white gold, and villages such as Davos, Klosters and Lech grew into famous ski resorts.
The walking tour maps at the Oyster Bay tourism booth were either stored for the winter or buried in snow, and the framed maps on display were iced over.
Brown and sturdy, their antlers silhouetted against the white, the reindeer clear away the snow to reach the food they rely on in winter: lichen.
Eva nodded, and this time she did smile, but Harley was already moving away, loping off toward the gate in his winter coat, the snow clinging to his coat sleeves and the wool cap as he stepped out onto the pavement and headed across the green.
Under stable climatic conditions, the ice lost through melting is replenished by winter precipitation in the form of snow.
If the winter snow-line moves up 1000m in the next 100 years the ski industry is going to look very different to the way it does now.
In the winter, dusted by fallen snow, its pure abstraction is set off by bare trees, a vision of cold, crisp beauty, its marble taking on the look of an all-white Agnes Martin painting.
And so, as I pondered and worried and accomplished nothing, the winter blew in with a wild snow that scoured the streets and roared through my meagre shelter like the vengeful God of the Old Testament.
Summer visitors see grazing reindeer and Sami camps, and in winter a special bus follows a snow plow up the final eight miles to reach the 1, 000-foot high plateau where, bracing against the winds, you get to stand beside the iconic North Cape globe for photographic proof positive that you have literally stood at the top of the world.
In winter these are amongst the snowiest mountains in Alaska, with upwards of 80 feet of snow falling on the peaks.
As I write winter snow is pounding the Midwest and skiers in Utah and Colorado are having some late fresh powder.
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"I saw a report on CNN with the Snow Leopard who qualified from Ghana for the Winter Olympics in 2010, " he explained.
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Mr Jones had to march for 17 weeks from Auschwitz to Austria during a harsh winter in which he was forced to eat snow to survive.
Strong winds also did damage in Colorado, the Associated Press reported, where a quick-moving winter storm brought up to a foot of snow in some spots and scattered reports of damage.
Winter stretches between October and April in Norway, with snow falling regularly during this period.
The deer feed primarily on lichens in the winter, which they obtain by digging through the snow.
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In summer, hikers follow a muddy footpath that parallels the creek, but winter skiers slide directly up the frozen snow-encrusted river in eerie silence.
The west London airport came under severe criticism in the winter of 2010 over its failure to cope with snow after it was shut for days.
But in any case, glass or no, Snow Day is an excellent new winter brew and a welcome addition to the New Belgium lineup.
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