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The arctic freeze in parts of the U.S. hasn't stopped surfers in Minnesota

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After big storms in Minnesota, Lake Superior can experience 15-foot waves. Winter surfing can mean braving serious arctic conditions. Last week's big surf was accompanied by sub-zero wind chills.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

The Arctic freeze that's blanketed much of the Eastern U.S. hasn't stopped surfers in Minnesota from hoping for the next big winter storm. Last week, surfers flocked to the shore of Lake Superior in subzero windchills in search of tasty waves. Dan Kraker of Minnesota Public Radio reports.

DAN KRAKER, BYLINE²: In the Upper Midwest, the best waves often accompany the biggest storms. So last week, surfers here studied the weather forecast for days, as a blizzard³ lined up just right over Lake Superior.

TYLER RAY: Last-minute vacation. Had to call my co-worker to see if he would cover. Told him it's, like, the swell⁴ of the century.

KRAKER: Tyler Ray got off work at 6 a.m. after working a 12-hour overnight shift at a Twin Cities oil refinery⁵. He hopped⁶ in his car for the snowy three-hour drive north to hit the waves.

RAY: So I don't even know how tired I am right now because the waves are pumping, dude.

(SOUNDBITE OF WAVES CRASHING)

KRAKER: Winds whipped for hours out of the Northeast, pushing waves across hundreds of miles of open Lake Superior water - what surfers call fetch - straight at a well-known surfing spot north of Duluth called Stoney Point. But with temperatures in the single digits⁷, the windchill factor was way below zero.

ERIK WILKIE: That's when the waves happen, is when the snow is the deepest, when it's blowing the hardest, when the wind is blowing the strongest.

KRAKER: I met Erik and Yvonne Wilkie trying to warm up in their pickup⁸ when we were interrupted by a passing snowplow.

(SOUNDBITE OF PASSING SNOWPLOW)

E WILKIE: The challenges of going surfing is you've got to dodge⁹ the snowplow, right? (Laughter).

KRAKER: The Wilkies point to the thick wetsuits they wear to stay alive in the frigid¹⁰ water.

E WILKIE: So I've got almost 10 millimeters of rubber on my upper torso to help keep me warm 'cause I'm kind of a wimpy¹¹ California transplant, really, up here in...

YVONNE WILKIE: And 7-mil mitts¹²...

E WILKIE: And 7-mil mitts, right.

Y WILKIE: ...'Cause keeping your fingers together helps keep them warmer.

E WILKIE: A little (ph).

Y WILKIE: And our wetsuits are hooded¹³...

E WILKIE: Our wetsuits are hooded, yeah.

Y WILKIE: So the only thing showing is our face.

KRAKER: They say that gives them maybe 45 minutes of surfing before they're ice-encrusted and have to return to the truck. Some surfers even spread Vaseline on their eyelids¹⁴ so they won't freeze shut. Erik Wilkie, who's 63, says what others call crazy he calls rejuvenating¹⁵.

E WILKIE: Feeling like you're pushed to a survival level that you haven't been to before.

KRAKER: For Yvonne Wilkie, surfing is a spiritual experience.

Y WILKIE: When you're out there connecting with the waters and being able to feel the vastness of that lake out there and see it and be aware of how much power that lake has.

KRAKER: Many here learned to surf in warmer places, and Tyler Ray appreciates the camaraderie¹⁶ of this Minnesota surfing scene.

RAY: Oh, it's totally unique, man. It kind of takes you back to the roots of why we all started to surf in the beginning, which is - it's fun. We're just doing it because we love it.

KRAKER: Ray says it's so cold it's like getting an ice-cream headache from the outside. Still, when he returns from one final session, ice coating his face, he flashes a double thumbs-up.

RAY: I'm cold (laughter). I'm so cold, dude. I'll barely be able to talk.

KRAKER: Ray and other diehards may get to hit the waves again soon. Another windy snowstorm is lining¹⁷ up over Lake Superior tomorrow, and this time the high temperature is forecast to be comfortably above zero.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Kraker in Duluth.

(SOUNDBITE OF PACIFIC COLISEUM'S "SUNSET MELODY")

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

4 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

5 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

6 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

7 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

9 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。

10 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

11 wimpy   

adj.懦弱的，无用的，哭哭啼啼的

参考例句：

• I'd rather have a wimpy kid than a dead one, you know? 你知道么？我宁可要一个懦弱的孩子，也不想要一个死的。 来自互联网
• I hate wimpy drinker. 我讨厌酒量差的人。 来自互联网

12 mitts   

n.露指手套，棒球手套，拳击手套( mitt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I'd love to get my mitts on one of those. 我很想得到一个那样的东西。
• Those are my cigarettes; get your mitts off them. 那是我的香烟，别动它。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 hooded   

adj.戴头巾的；有罩盖的；颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的

参考例句：

• A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
• Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘，用华丽的手巾包着头，突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句

14 eyelids   

n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 )；眼睛也不眨一下；不露声色；面不改色

参考例句：

• She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. 她太疲倦了，眼睑开始往下垂。
• Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 rejuvenating   

使变得年轻，使恢复活力( rejuvenate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The rejuvenating ambience of autumn is immeasurably more ancient than even the calendar. 秋天那让人恢复青春活力的气氛远比历法还要古老。 来自名作英译部分
• Rhoda says that it's embarrassing to be so idolized, but also very sweet and rejuvenating. 罗达说，给人这样过份地崇拜是很发窘的，不过也是愉快惬意使人年轻的。

16 camaraderie   

n.同志之爱，友情

参考例句：

• The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
• Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板，偶尔才和下属互动一下；有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。

17 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。