This January thaw lasted way too long.

A thaw is a thaw: It can happen in the middle of January, and it's bound to be followed by frost - it is not a major, radical change. It has always been that way in Russia.

It will be a little city out there by 5 a.m..

We've had freeze and thaw, and then it probably froze again.

We still haven't met up with any warm weather, so we're still waiting to thaw out a little bit. That's not an excuse, but hopefully we hit some good weather.

There's a lot of carbon stored in the soil. If the permafrost does thaw, as our model predicts, it could have a major influence on climate.