Europe: these lands had their own cast of giants ... Here the impact of the Ice-Age was to be especially severe. Professor Alice Roberts: Ice Age Giants II: Land of the Cave Bear
The Cave Bear: the greatest heavyweight of all Ice-Age bears ... They were vegetarian. ibid.
Cave lions were 25% larger than African lions. ibid.
Hundreds of rhino remains have been discovered between Birmingham and Vladivostok. ibid.
Mammoths actually preferred the cold. ibid.
In 1977 the worst winter for a century struck the United States. Arctic cold ripped the mid-west for weeks on end. Great blizzards paralysed cities of the north-east … The brutal Buffalo winter might become common all over the United States. Climate experts believe the next Ice-Age is on its way. In Search of s2e23 … The Coming Ice-Age, History 1978