Families would have to pay for the extra costs needed to dig through the frozen ground, he said.

So he brought wood and axe down on the frozen ground together.

Solid frozen ground is a normal part of winter there.

He turned away, then, and walked back across the frozen ground.

In a moment, it was bouncing over the frozen ground back to the west.

Finally he gave up, deciding it was impossible to sleep on the hard, frozen ground.

Getting tees into frozen ground can also be a problem.

"A couple of hours on that frozen ground would have been enough to finish him in last night's weather."

There was nothing he or his colleagues could do but hit the frozen ground and pray for their lives.

He fell onto the frozen ground and broke his leg.