how people in extremely cold places can survive? For example, Oymyakon in Siberia regularly gets below – 55°c / – 67°f, and I’m sure we’ve all seen those videos of people throwing boiling water into the air where it freezes instantly. How does blood not freeze? How are mucous membranes and eyeballs not frozen within seconds? How does anybody pee without it instantly freezing?
Obviously people live in heated housing, but how can people go outside/ pee outside without injury? I’ve wondered about this for years, and even more so when I see pictures of animals seemingly frozen in place mid-movement.
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Cold is obviously harmfull if you are not properly clothed. You need to be able to keep your body heat and not expose too much bare skin.
However, moisture from the air is also an important factor in how *bad* the cold feels. (Similarly on how bad heat feels.)
Below approximately -20°C, the air contains only negligeable moisture and the cold subjectively feels better when breathing.
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