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[koofle]

Lately my favourite activity in DF has been generating and exploring worlds on the "Choose Fortress Location" screen with all features revealed.

During my travels I came across a number of magma+flux+tree locations with freezing temperatures.  And so I wondered -  what kind of advice is there to give to dwarfs planning to mine out a mountainhome in tundras?

[Smew]

Don't go into it without the knowledge of how to un-freeze your brook/river.
Oh and, don't forget to bring picks.
... srsly, in my most recent fortress I forgot to bring picks, so my dwarves survived under a towercap roof for 2 seasons while I waited for the caravan.
Luckily I brought enough food for the year.

[Blakmane]

in very cold temps, you should just get underground and stay there. Build your depot underground and basically don't let your dwarves surface if you can avoid it.

Also, I would recommend embarking somewhere with soil or sand layers. Unfreezing enough water to create a farming/booze industry can take a while.

[[deleted]]

I play on one like you describe. You can see my fortress at http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5680. The only real advice I have to give you is to not let your dwarves linger around outside for too long, because in freezing temperatures, I believe it's actually possible for them to die of hypothermia (confirm?). Going outside for a month or two at a time is fine. Unless you have an underground source of water, be prepared with the knowledge (as mentioned) of melting ice with magma if you have no soil layer. Overall, a bit challenging and different, but definitely fun with constant snow storms and summer rains.