Which would you prefer?? Sub-Arctic Northern Quebec or one of the sub-Antarctic Islands? (climate, snow)

[papafox]

OK, I'm having fun reading all these "rate the climate" threads, so I thought I'd see which of these 2 places you'd rather take.


Schefferville in Sub-Arctic Northern Quebec (as I posted in the earlier "Rate the Climate" thread).

Schefferville, QC, Canada: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data

//www.city-data.com/forum/weath...le-canada.html



Or...............




Kerguelen at 49 degrees latitude in the Southern Ocean.



Kerguelen Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

French Colonies - Kerguelen Archipelago, Ile Kerguelen

[ilovemycomputer90]

I'd have to go with the sub-antarctic islands. I would miss the snow (although maybe it mixes in from time to time?), but the windy, cloudy, cool, wet weather is too good to pass up!

[RWood]

Both horrible. Kerguelen probably not as depressing as Campbell though - it's sunnier.

[Stumbler.]

The sub-antarctic islands are milder, so that would be my choice if I had to choose. Not willing to take the long cold winters which the slight summers of the subarctic can hardly make up for.

[ColdCanadian]

Schefferville's summers are still remarkably-cool.
Is it near the Arctic Ocean or Hudson's Bay?

I would easily pick Yellowknife or Whitehorse over that sub-Antarctic island
as they still have some months with an average high of 70+ F.

It would be a tough choice for me,
as there are probably 2 months that I don't outright-hate () in Schefferville.

[papafox]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Schefferville's summers are still remarkably-cool.
Is it near the Arctic Ocean or Hudson's Bay?

I would easily pick Yellowknife or Whitehorse over that sub-Antarctic island
as they still have some months with an average high of 70+ F.

It would be a tough choice for me,
as there are probably 2 months that I don't outright-hate () in Schefferville.

Schefferville is half-way between the Hudson bay and the Labrador Sea.

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[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by papafox

Schefferville is half-way between the Hudson bay and the Labrador Sea.
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Still quite continental, geographically speaking,
yet that part of the continent must have a stronger maritime influence extending deep inland.

[papafox]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Still quite continental, geographically speaking,
yet that part of the continent must have a stronger maritime influence extending deep inland.

As meyself and another poster discussed in the other thread, it is amazing to have a place like Schefferville that is as cold as it is, yet gets 175 inches of snow per year. Pretty rare as most places like that are too dry to get than much precip.

[nei]

Originally Posted by papafox

As meyself and another poster discussed in the other thread, it is amazing to have a place like Schefferville that is as cold as it is, yet gets 175 inches of snow per year. Pretty rare as most places like that are too dry to get than much precip.

Perhaps the Labrador Sea helps sends storms across while having little warming effect.