- 40C (-40F) and the river which I assume is the Battle River given it's close proximity to CFB Wainright is not frozen solid and deep by the end of January? All the times I have been up in that cold forsaken country in the winter everything is frozen until almost late May then the mosquitoes take over

How did this soldier fight her way to land in water up her armpits and while wearing snowshoes?? In way less then 15 minutes at this temperature, her clothes would no longer be wet but frozen solid. Her clothes and boots would of needed to be cut off her...