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-30 C??? That has to be a specialist shoe or boot.
I think Lowa do a Himalayan boot but that is obviously not what you want. From memory, they are around £1000 and rather bulky.
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You’re gonna want to look for non-leather shoes. There are a number of thermal/composite brands you’ll find on shoes, I forget the names but we’re talking like whatever-tex is old news. You may find something ultralight with good non-slip grippy sole and ultra warm inner. I had a pair of cross country ski boots with thinsulate/goretex and they were crazy warm for Polish -15’C, but -30 you’ll wanna shop around.
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Forget Chelsea boots, for real cold you want Kamik, Sorel, Baffin. Salomon, Keen, Timberlands for slightly more style.
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The best I've found for value and warmth are, surprisingly, a pair of Clarks boots. Leather with goretex, wool lined and foil lined soles and have kept my feet warm in winters in Montreal, NY and Moscow. Coldest there though was about minus 20, imagine -30 might need a bit more.
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I’d stay well clear of Blundstones if you’re wearing them in -20. Great shoes for farm/yard work but they’re not exactly a snug fitting boot.
Possibly a Red Wing/Irish Setter lace up?
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I love my blunnies but the soles gets hard when it's proper cold so not a great winter shoe. Doesn't stop me from wearing them though, but there's better options out there.
Size up in a pair of logger soled Red Wings and use a thin merino liner sock with a thick wool sock and you should be fine in the proper cold, unless you spend whole days outside but then you'll need some proper high end stuff.
The Finisterre welly sock is my favourite winter sock
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Need a new pair of boots for bashing around in (bit of hiking, mostly just wet weather shoes). Needs to be waterproof and insulated as they’ll be worn in -30. Nothing fancy or particularly fashionable. Meindl? Maybe too heavy...
Proper hiking boots are a bit too hardcore for my needs and not really casual enough.
Anyone owned Blundstones before? They do a nice looking thermal Chelsea boot thing.