In Harbin, though, the arrival of winter signals the beginning of the peak tourist season.

BBC: Chill out in China: Harbin��s Ice and Snow Festival

What better way to steel yourself for the arrival of winter than to spend a couple of icy summer days on our most dramatic and mysterious continent?

FORBES: Get Them While They're Cold: $1 Tickets to Antarctica for Companions

Upon my arrival in Orlando for the Baseball Winter Meetings last weekend, I had spent approximately 15 hours each day trying to unearth any morsel of information that could either enhance my overall knowledge of the sport or lead me to sources that could answer some of the complicated questions that I currently have regarding the business of baseball.

FORBES: Fond Reflections On The Winter Meetings

Thanks to the White Witch (Tilda Swinton), a perpetual winter has descended a curse that will vanish only with the arrival of Aslan, a messianic lion (voiced by Liam Neeson).

NEWYORKER: (director: Andrew Adamson; 2005)