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Date: 2/1/2012 Album ID: 1406601
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With our (so far) mild winter, are you lamenting that purchase of the ergonomic shovel? The cozy cashmere sweater? The faux fur lined boots? Do you have a yearning for scraping an inch of ice off the windshield at dawn? Might we suggest a trip to Europe.
A cross country skier makes his way through a snowy winter landscape on the Schauinsland mountain near Freiburg, southwestern Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe, with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/dapd, Winfried Rothermel)
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A narrow-gauge railway makes its way through a snow covered forest at the Harz national park near Schierke, central Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. After a period of relatively mild weather a cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe. (AP Photo/dapd, Jens Schlueter)
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Icicles hang on a rock as the sun sinks in the west in the Thuringian Forest near Eisenach, central Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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A group of skiers walks up to the snow covered Wendelstein church on top of the Wendelstein mountain near Bayrischzell, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. After a period of relatively mild weather a cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth)
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Reed sprouts are covered with thick ice at lake Zwischenahner Meer ind Bad Zwischenahn, northern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. After a period of relatively mild weather a cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe. (AP Photo/dapd, David Hecker)
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A view of the city of Siena, central Italy, blanketed in snow, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)
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A lone cyclist rides past the 19th century's Arco della Pace (Arch of Peace) in downtown Milan, Italy, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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People walk through the historic center of Siena, central Italy, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)
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People walk past the San Bernardino church in Perugia, central Italy, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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A heating plant is seen on a winter's morning in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, as temperatures of minus 21 degree Celsius (minus 5.8 degree Fahrenheit) hit the Belarusian capital. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 C (minus 22 F) in some regions, causing power outages and traffic chaos and prompting authorities to close schools and nurseries. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A duck flies over a pound on a cold winter's day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Eastern Europe's cold snap has seen temperatures plunging to minus 27 C (minus 17 F) in some areas and dozens of homeless people have died. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. . (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A woman looks from behind a frosty window on a tram on a cold winter's day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Eastern Europe's cold snap has seen temperatures plunging to minus 27 C (minus 17 F) in some areas and dozens of homeless people have died. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Deer stand in a snow covered field near the village of Mileikovo,100 km (63 miles) north-west of Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Thirty people, most of them homeless, have died of hypothermia in recent days in Ukraine, part of a surge of deaths across eastern Europe as the region grapples with an unusually severe cold spell.In all, at least 58 people have died from the cold in various parts of Europe over the last week. Of the victims in Ukraine, 21 were found frozen on the streets, five died in hospitals and four died in their own homes, said Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova. Over 540 others have been hospitalized with hypothermia and frostbite, health officials said (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ducks take off from a pound on a cold winter's day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Eastern Europe's cold snap has seen temperatures plunging to minus 27 C (minus 17 F) in some areas and dozens of homeless people have died. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Bosnian Redzo Beganovic breaks up ice on the surface of a frozen lake to get water for animals, near Tuzla, 130 kms north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Central and eastern Europe are experiencing a severe and snowy cold snap with temperatures in Bosnia plummeting to lows of minus 10 Celsius causing misery to Bosnians whose economy, 14 years after Bosnia's devastating 1992-95 war, is still a wreck.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)
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A man is seen behind a frosty window on a tram on a cold winter day in Sofia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Temperatures in Eastern Europe have dropped as low as minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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An elderly woman walks on snow covered sidewalk on a cold winter day in Sofia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Temperatures in Eastern Europe have dropped as low as minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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A view of the snow covered Neris River in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, as morning temperatures plummeted to minus 23C (minus 9F). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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A stray dog walks on a protective dam covered in ice as the water of the Black Sea freezes near the shore in Constanta, Romania, Wednesday, Feb.1, 2012. The death toll from Eastern Europe's severe cold spell has risen to 79. Temperatures have dropped as low as minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries.The weather is so cold that some areas of the Black Sea have frozen near the Romanian coastline.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A child runs past a wave protection dam covered in ice as the waters of the Black Sea are frozen near the shore in Constanta, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The death toll from Eastern Europe's severe cold spell has risen to 79. Temperatures have dropped as low as minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries. The weather is so cold that some areas of the Black Sea have frozen near the Romanian coastline. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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