They even exhumed the bodies of flu victims buried in the permanently frozenground of the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, in the hope that traces of virus genetic material might have been preserved.
Carrying flags and posters of the three dead women, they followed the coffins across frozenground to a community centre where they were put on display.
In a number of areas theground remains frozen beneath the surface, which means excess water will run into rivers instead of being absorbed by the soil.
During hundreds of camping trips and meetings and service projects and weird and wonderful events such as the Klondike Derby (a cold-weather competition in which scouts drag makeshift sleds over frozenground for hours), I learned how to adapt to changing circumstances on the fly while keeping the main goals in sight.
At Tannadice, a frozen area of the pitch in front of the Shed end was concerning ground staff and officials and after a third inspection their game against the Accies was called off.