Monday, 26 January 2015

13 Wintry Feature Stories To Read While You're Snowed In

Let these #longreads keep you company while the blizzard hits.


Empire of IceGQ


Empire of Ice — GQ


Jeanne-Marie Laskas reports from a $500 million man-made island off the coast of Alaska, where oil workers toil in round-the-clock darkness and temperatures around 45 below. Read it at GQ .


Lucas Jackson / Reuters / Reuters


Remote ControlThe Believer


Remote Control — The Believer


Twenty years later, Sarah Marshall reconsiders one of ice skating's most infamous scandals: the tale of Tonya Harding and the attack against Nancy Kerrigan. Read it at The Believer .


Pascal Rondeau / Getty


Why I Bought House in Detroit for $500 — BuzzFeed News


Why I Bought House in Detroit for $500 — BuzzFeed News


Drew Philp recounts his first years — and first, heat-less winters — living in an economically depressed Detroit neighborhood. Read it at BuzzFeed News.


Photograph by Garrett MacLean


Snow FallNew York Times Magazine


Snow Fall — New York Times Magazine


John Branch's Pulitzer Prize-winning deep dive into an avalanche that killed several prominent skiers in Washington State. Read it at the New York Times.


Washington State Department of Transportation / Via nytimes.com




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