Anyone spent extended amounts of time in the extreme cold? Need clothing advise

Phate

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Phate

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Howdy!

I'm going to Iceland in March and will be spending most of it outdoors at night, going on a photography northern lights trip you see.

I'm starting to look into clothing for it, I'm fairly sure a jumper and jeans isn't going to cut the mustard out there.

Has anyone ever spent or know about spending long amounts of times (6hours at a time) at potentially -20C conditions without moving about?

If so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and suggestions on what to wear :)

Annoyed would be one way of putting it if I grab any old North Face jacket and turns out it's a load of crap :p

All info welcome :)

Thanks,
Jake
 
Great advice so far. Thanks all!

And Derek, I don't have the genes built into me to deal with the extreme cold like you. :p
 
Oh by the way, not to worry about the the camera equipment, been reading/speaking lots on various forums about it. Basically the camera will work in those conditions (and colder) but the killer for it is condensation.

How we avoid it, put all the cameras/lenses in a duffle bag or similar and when going from the hotel to outside do not take the cameras out of the bag until it has reached the outside temperature naturally, same when coming indoors really.

Just need to keep the bag zipped up so the cold/hot doesn't rush in/out.
 
Fantastic info in this thread, thank you all :)

How much should one expected to pay for said clothing? So I can get an idea to budget.
 
Also guys I need to think about what is going to be easy to sell on, I can't see myself really using it again (plus going to Iceland for another Photo trip won't be on the cards for a long time)

All thoughts welcome, thanks again for all the info.
 
Doing it ourselves, there are 3 of us going, all photographers, we have hired a car for it as well.
 
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