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4-13-2010 @ 12:53AM

B Woern said...

Instantly freezing skin at -40 F is an exageration. I attended college in Fairbanks, AK. We saw -40 for about a week every winter I was there. Yes, it was cold, but lots of people crossed from one building to another wearing no more than a standard shirt and jeans. I used to do it in a T-shirt and socks (and jeans). The cold doesn't soak in that quickly - and my socks stayed dry since the time it takes to take one step is too quick for the snow to melt. Some warm-weather folks will think this is impossible -- all I can say is this is what I saw and did.

4-17-2010 @ 8:52PM

minky said...

I completely agree. I live in Bismarck, ND and many winters can get that cold, if not colder and that is without windchill. Skin will freeze in these temps in about 5min maybe less, not seconds.

4-19-2010 @ 7:28PM

Karen said...

maybe it 's the altitude that also affects it and makes it freeze instantly!

4-18-2010 @ 5:36AM

K said...

Yeah. Incorrect. Just google "300 Club." At the South Pole the winterovers do a fun run naked from the Station, around the Pole, and back again in -100F. Nobody dies.

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