The wrong kind of snow ?

Solly Street is the home of the Geographical Association.
Despite well over a foot of snow, the hardy staff at the GA made it to work this morning (although I was working from home myself...)
Here are a few pictures of Solly Street, taken by Ruth Totterdell on her intrepid journey through the snow this morning...

"The Wrong Kind of Snow" is also the title of the first of a series of daily blog posts that I'm writing for the HODDER GEOGRAPHY NEST in the run-up to Christmas. Check them out....

They are aimed at providing a #geoadvent resource for those teaching about wintry weather in the run up to Christmas. I imagine that many geography departments will be teaching about the snow and its impacts. This could well become a traditional part of the curriculum around this time of year. Plenty of curriculum making potential...

For example here's another very nice #geoadvent calendar on the theme of SUSTAINABILITY, based around a Worldmapper image.

The BBC has an interesting article on our relationship with snow.

There is also a good article on surviving the extreme cold in Siberia, including a remarkable demonstration of just how cold it is, which involves a pan of hot water.

Read the article and watch the video here.

If you have another geography story which is related to the month of December, please get in touch, or tweet it with the tag #geoadvent and we'll follow it up and feature the best ones in future blog posts...