Rio Francisco was an ordinary 14-year-old boy from Canada. His father had passed away soon after he was born, so he lived with just his mother in a small apartment. He barely knew his father, so he did not miss him. Growing up in Canada, he was no stranger to cold temperatures and harsh climates of winter. But little did he know, he would one day face the most extreme cold on Earth for the rest of his life.

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