The climate here is subject to great extremes of heat and cold,-the mercury freezing, it is said, in winter, and sometimes bursting in the heat of the summer sun.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The mixture is lowered to the floor of the igloo, which, in winter, is always below the freezing point, and into it is stirred snow water.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The middle floor space was above the freezing point.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook