-52 degree C in Oymyakon in russia

[zak]

i can't even imagine that. it is a village/city and the tourists are visiting it. but the man does not show us how much the temperature inside a house


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_mBqDpg75o

[danbaron]

-52 degrees C = -61.6 degrees F.

For years, I ran long distances every day (I still run almost every day), no matter what the weather was.

One time, outside of Chicago, the temperature was approximately -25 degrees F, and the wind chill was -81 degrees F.

I still ran 6 miles, through snow approximately 12 inches deep.

I parked my car, and ran around a big field I had measured.

A person can do it.

I wore a snow suit.

While you're running, you generate heat like a furnace.

When you stop, you are really wet, so, you have to immediately get in your car and leave.

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According to Wikipedia, the lowest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth, was -89.2 degrees C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records

[kryton9]

I've been in -3o F, that is with the windchill effect. Hard to believe even colder temperatures existing. Amazing how you ran in such cold weather Dan.

[danbaron]

I also had to wear a mask, with holes for my eyes, nose, and mouth.

And, I had a hat over the mask, tied under my chin.

Also, around my neck, I don't know what to call it, sort of a cylinder of yarn.

During the winter in Chicago in the late 70s, it was really cold, with lots of snow.

(Probably, now, it is like Hawaii.)

So, since I ran every morning before work, I accumulated by trial and error, the clothes I needed.

The main necessity was the snowmobile suit.

Under it, I had long underwear, and a down vest, etc.

Like I said before, when you are running, especially through snow, you generate heat like a furnace.

But, when you stop, you are soaking wet, so, immediately, "the clock starts ticking".

You have limited time to get out of the cold.

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I have read stories about people walking in the Yukon, during the winter.

Sometimes they fall through the ice.

Then, they have only one way to save themselves.

They must build a fire, and dry out their clothes - now, not a half an hour from now.

So, they must carry a waterproof method of quickly starting a fire.

Actually, they even have to remove their clothes and hang them over the fire, in order to dry them, believe it or not.

(It's sort of amazing how much you appreciate a simple primitive fire, when you have been in cold that frightens you. Of course, the same is true for a lot of things when you're scared.)

[REDEBOLT]

I have read stories about people walking in the Yukon, during the winter.

Sometimes they fall through the ice.

Then, they have only one way to save themselves.

They must build a fire, and dry out their clothes - now, not a half an hour from now.


I remember reading a short story about such a man. He knew he had to make a fire. Unfortunately, he made the fire under a tree. The heat melted the snow in the tree which then fell and put out the fire.

Bob

P.S. It was the snow that fell, not the tree. ;)

[danbaron]

I guess, I read it too.

http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html

(Boy, he wrote good, yes?!!)

(There was/is a series on Nat Geo about a cargo airline in upper Canada. If I remember correctly, they don't fly when the temperature reaches -40 degrees F, or lower.)

[kryton9]

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