[ovis]

From a map I found[0], it looks like Sweden has an average annual temperature of around +5⁰C, and northern Ontario and Quebec are closer to -5⁰C?

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Annual_A...

[fifilura]

Thanks. Must be the Gulf stream and general seaside climate. We have it better than we deserve.

But only 20000 years ago Sweden was covered in 3km of ice.

[jhide]

The Laurentide ice sheet over North America was similar depth and receded 15000 years ago. A blink in geologic time