'Professor Popsicle' Proves Cold No Barrierpadding-bottom: 133.33%;"> During a cold stretch that had many Canadians scurrying indoors, a researcher known as "Professor Popsicle" has found humans can successfully spend days on end in the bitter cold. Gordon Giesbrecht has spent the past 26 days skiing the isolated, frozen expanse of Lake Winnipeg as part of his research for the University of Manitoba on how the body copes with the cold. Temperatures averaged 15 degrees below zero and dipped as low as 31 below during his 240-mile trek on cross-country skis. "Now when I'm outside and it's -25 C, it's not really a big problem," he told reporters by satellite phone from his small tent on the world's tenth largest lake. "This has been more a test of just dealing with the cold and living with it, and getting your clothing and your actions coordinated so that you don't end up getting frostbite or anything," explained Giesbrecht. Soft, deep snow made for some tough slogging with his backpack and sled carrying his food and gear. On two mornings, Giesbrecht emerged from his tent to find the wind so fierce that his tent was almost flat. "The most vulnerable time of the day is when you are trying to set up your tent, and I was not about to take that chance," he wrote on a Web site updated by his family. Other than numb fingertips, which will likely take a month to return to normal, Giesbrecht said he feels fine. 長期的寒冷迫使許多加拿大人在屋子裏跑來跑去，而一位被稱爲“冰棒教授”的研究者在此期間發現人類可以在嚴寒中成功堅持生存很長時間。 戈登·吉斯佈雷西特在溫尼泊湖荒涼的冰面上滑雪度過了26天，這是他爲馬尼托巴大學所作的研究的一部分，研究的主題是：人體是怎樣來抵禦寒冷的。 在他長達240英里、跨越國界的艱難旅程中，平均氣溫只有零下15度，最低達到零下31度。 他在世界第十大湖邊的一個小帳篷中通過衛星電話告訴記者說：“現在呆在零下25度的室外難不倒我。” “這不僅僅是一次應付寒冷並在寒冷中生存的實驗，你還要調整自己的衣着和行動，這樣纔不至於被凍傷或受到任何傷害。”吉斯佈雷西特解釋說。 他揹着揹包、拖着裝運食品和工具的雪橇在雪地上跋涉，鬆軟厚實的積雪導致旅途更加艱難。有兩天早晨，吉斯佈雷西特從帳篷中出來的時候發現狂風大作，他的帳篷差不多都被吹塌了。 “一天中最艱難的時候是搭帳篷，我還沒有遇到這樣的情況。”他在家人爲他維護的一個網站上這樣寫到。 吉斯佈雷西特說，除了被凍僵的指尖可能需要一個月才能恢復之外，他感覺很好。 On end: 連續 Set up: 架起（帳篷）
