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International Falls always gets special mention from Al Rokers far and wide, for its record low temps. This November though, the Minnesota city known as “The Nation’s Icebox” will soon be on your idiot box.

A pair of Weather Channel producers recently spent time there interviewing residents and sampling the ice fishing culture (wow, that’s original.) Thankfully, they’re going a little more in-depth than just that, discussing the place’s role as a cold-weather gear testing hub (…I’m listening…) And featuring Voyageurs National Park (better still.) We’ll also find out the local elementary school’s policy for declaring snow days – a bit of trivia that, come to think of it, I actually would like to know?

In the meantime, you can watch a similar special The Weather Channel did on Barrow, Alaska; the northernmost city in the U.S. After watching that, I still think our place is better. They may have polar bears, but we’ll always have Rocky & Bullwinkle. Via Voyageurs.