In January 2021, a time when many people have been getting back from halfhearted outside hangouts with freezing arms, my colleague Marina Koren published herself as a lover of iciness. Neatly, in all fairness: “I don’t ski. I consider a ‘polar plunge’ is acceptable handiest while you’re seeking to outrun a endure. I used to be born in Russia, however I moved to hotter climes as a child,” Koren writes. “I’m only a kindly iciness evangelist, status in entrance of your outside eating place desk, asking you to place on a hat.”

One of the vital secrets and techniques to embracing iciness is deceptively easy, Koren argues: Get dressed the section. “Because the Scandinavians say, there’s no such factor as unhealthy climate, handiest unhealthy garments,” she writes. Past the right kind get dressed code, a lot of 1’s outlook on iciness is mental—however a few of it may also be genetic. Nowadays’s publication will stroll you throughout the artwork and the science of loving iciness, and a few unorthodox tactics for coping with the season.

On Wintry weather

The Secret to Loving Wintry weather

Through Taylor Kay Phillips

First settle for it, then experience it.

Why So Many Other people Hate Wintry weather

Through Olga Khazan

Science means that there are two sorts of people that tolerate the chilly smartly. Unfortunately, I’m neither.

The Boys Who Put on Shorts All Wintry weather

Through Ashley Fetters

The child who refuses to put on pants is a well-known sight to oldsters, scholars, and educators—and a mystifying one. What’s so nice about being underdressed?

Nonetheless Curious?

Different Diversions

P.S.

A couple of years again, Deborah Copaken chronicled the time she spent $925 on a faux Canada Goose coat. Keep vigilant while you’re stocking up on heat equipment.

— Isabel