it was n't lost on me that the air was even more frigid wherever we were now compared to the arctic clime we left ( in other words , it was now f**king cold rather than just freaking cold and suffice it to say i had thought it was f**king cold before but now i knew the true meaning of that ) and i lost my pique when i saw the trunks of the trees , all the way up , were dusted with snow , heavier on one side where the wind drifted it up or lifted it to powder the higher bark .