With the coldest weather of the season approaching next week, its important for everyone to be aware and prepared for the worst if an accident happens.

And one lucky Minnesota woman was recently brought back to life, after being stranded in the cold. The 64-year-old woman's body temperature dropped to 60 degrees, and she survived. She says she feels fine, but doctors say cases like this are both rare and extraordinary.

Janice Goodger of Duluth says on the afternoon of December 27, she slipped on some snow outside and couldn't get up. She wasn't found until nine that night, after her body temperature had dropped to 60 degrees, far below the level doctors say hypothermia can begin -- at the mid nineties.

Dr. Kirk Dahl, an emergency room doctor says it's difficult to resuscitate people once their body temperatures cool below 80 degrees, “So when you get down to that 60 degrees range, saving someone like that is pretty extraordinary.”

Doctors said Goodger's body was too cold to shock her heart right away, so they used a variety of methods to warm her including heating her blood and re-circulating it throughout her body. Dr. Dahl says, “It takes a long time to warm a body up, the body's mostly water and if you can imagine the same volume of water as a human body, takes a while to warm a body by just a few degrees, you don’t have a lot of time with more severe cases so you have to be much more aggressive.”

Which is exactly what doctors did for Goodger. Doctors say once they shocked her heart it began beating normally, and she left the hospital a few days later.

But deputies and snowmobilers say Goodger was lucky. They say there are many precautions you can take in cold weather to stay safe. They warn drivers to always be aware of the roads and trails that you’re traveling on. And deputies say tell a friend or family member where you’re headed to, what time you’re leaving and what route you'll be taking.

Mary Ann Schuh is the secretary of the Rock Falls area snowmobile club, the Brunswick Beavers. She says, “I think the most important thing of all is know your trail, you need to know the conditions: the ice, the snow, the corners, the woods, trails aren't just a straight road that you speed on.”

Doctor Dahl says Goodger's body temperature was close to an all-time record. He says the coldest body temperature ever recorded where the person lived was 57 degrees.