The cold part is overdone. Down to 20 below farenheit (29 degrees below celsius) if you are walking or working in the bush you don't feel cold. You actually get colder if it gets warmer, as the melting snow gets you wet and you freeze. At 40 below farenheit (40 below celsius too) you are cold all the time even layer with polyester and wool. Movement does not seem to warm you as the movement makes a wind chill which seems to cool you more than the work warms you.
A open weave wool sweater, wool toque, woolen mitts with moosehide gloves, white felt rubber boots, ordinary pants, no long johns, and a polyster ski jacket and I can survive any temperature in Canada. You can cut line at 30 below with only woolen mitts on, and it is not that cold at all.
Down jackets are better where the temperature gets really cold. 3/4 length jackets are best. Woolen pants are not needed until it gets to 40 below and colder. Hands feet, and head should be kept warm so the Balaclava and a ski jacket hood is a good idea, and cinch at your waist on the jacket.
In all my years in the bush I never used a hand warmer. They were always too hot. Never take your gloves/mitts off for too long. If you do, keep them in your crotch to keep them warm. Foam gloves are actually very warm, but they do not stand up to the wear and tear.
The warmest colours are white. The new felts for boots are white and lined with a silver sheen. They reflect heat and are over twice as warm as the old blue or dark felts.
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