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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I live somewhere that gets into the -50s celcius each winter and although it seems bad, is tolerable. People don’t go outside and when they do they dress appropriately. Eyeballs and stuff do hurt within a short time but you don’t just freeze instantly. Plugging block heaters in so the battery doesn’t freeze in vehicles and prestarting cars for 10+ minutes to warm up is normal. The boiling water example is a bit different to explain that someone else I’m sure will do a better job 🙂
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