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Double Bass Basses in cold weather

I live in a very cold part of the world. 35 below zero is not uncommon December through February. There isn't much about the cold itself that will harm your bass. You might have trouble with some finishes, but probably not. You're more likely to have trouble with the plastic parts on your amp, your speaker cab, your bass bag, etc. A lot of plastics are useless at those temperatures -- they get brittle and break.

With both temp and humidity -- but more with humidity -- what you need to watch for are rapid changes, moving quickly from very cold to very hot, very wet to very dry. With a woodstove in a small cold cabin, you may indeed run into some of these issues. I'd say: keep the bass far away from that stove, especially while the cabin is warming up from dead cold. You might think about a heavily-insulated bag or something, just to attenuate that warming/cooling process, to slow it down a bit.
 
thanks for the replies, the main reason i'd be moving out there is that some fellow musician friends live on the land and we could play more often. it's pretty humid all year round since it's north carolina, but temperatures will dip down to around zero in the winter. there is no basement, but there is electricity. i guess i could just rig up some sort of electric heater and humidifier to keep changes fairly small, but the lack of insulation would make it pretty energy intensive. i wonder if i could make some sort of "bass closet" that's insulated and humidity/temp monitored. then there'd be the sudden change when i take it out to play though. hmm... things to weigh..