The blizzard pummeling the Upper Midwest and Plain States has already dished out widespread thundersnow, winds gusts close to 70 mph and over 2 feet of snow in spots. On top of that, it's ...

In a bit of ironic timing, the Michelsen Arctic Explorer ($1,960) arrived on our doorstep on one ... digging a snow cave with your ice axe or just digging out your car after a blizzard.

They awoke to a blizzard ... s Arctic. In 1905, a Norwegian man, Roald Amundsen — who went to live among the Inuit to learn how to survive in the Arctic — became the first European explorer ...