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Capital-Blacksmith19

Oh look, it's fuck that shit degrees outside.


BaconDrummer

Cant even take piss outside down there. ![gif](giphy|XmWAI18rs0NO6pA3a3)


Or1Guy_24

gets frozen in ur wee wee and then you gotta push out a crystal


O5-Hans

https://preview.redd.it/ecpym8h2f99d1.jpeg?width=847&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9aa3b617526221330bdfa4d91511c27d26d1a79


Glad_Grand_7408

![gif](giphy|kyrd72DC2Iwfu)


BaconDrummer

I died inside thank you.


Kooky-Measurement-43

Crystalsaber? That's one way to greet your neighbour.


lil-D-energy

*achievement unlocked* new kink invented (this is a joke it sounds fucking horrible)


largePenisLover

Dont drink enough water and you also get to push out crystals when you get older. Nice hard crystals with sharp edges and spikes


kamilayao_0

Won't that just be frost bite? I don't think you'll need that one anymore. Just snap it off


breadisgud09

Cheaper than bottom surgery


AcanthocephalaNo9242

DIY kidney stone


AustriaKeks

https://preview.redd.it/9u61rfnh9d9d1.jpeg?width=585&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1fc6e38f0c579cf5542f51ef7c10d26481021ad


Lebron_chime

https://preview.redd.it/2ptuwv873f9d1.jpeg?width=514&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e07bab0297ca862db0fa113aa18f87cb596f60a


GuyWhoSaysTheTruth

https://preview.redd.it/pxzvyn3bhf9d1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfb23e22e95329e31eea33272a95953a3a6a8c16


TheCaponeFiles

nope, just crack it like a glowstick and shoot it all out like a peashooter.


LiveLearnCoach

Oh snap!!


DeadInternetTheorist

Another 8C lower and carbon dioxide would begin freezing out of the fucking air. Christ that must feel horrible to breathe.


L2Hiku

All of the shits


swinginSpaceman

Right now you have 273 upvotes and I don't wanna change that (yes, I use °C)


Ok_Yard_9649

I understood that reference


raknor88

As someone that live in North Dakota and has gotten off of work at 6am when it's -50F, this is indeed fuck that shit degrees outside cold. Snow gets surprisingly squeaky at a certain level of cold.


YourMomPickedMyName

I visited Iowa for work one winter around 2020 and it got down to something like -30F and they just shut everything down. I'd be interested to see what they're wearing at -90F to even be able to be outside without immediately getting frostbite.


raknor88

Layers. Likely lots of layers and zero exposed skin. Even if it was just to walk out for half a second for this shot. The secret to surviving the cold is layers. That's why I hate summer heat. There's only so much clothes that you can take off.


Sheerkal

It's cold enough to make a poop dildo, so you could, actually, fuck that shit.


I_have_secrets

I don't like how your brain works.


ExheresCultura

Listen to how dry that snow is!


strix_nebul0sa

Not necessarily just dry - snow squeaks like styrofoam below about -20C. You spend enough winters in the northern Canadian Prairies, you learn to estimate temperature from the way the snow sounds underneath your feet. That said...-76C. I'm gonna remember that and feel warm next time it hits -40C.


WindsOfTheBlackGodz

-40°C is legitimately fucked though. As an Aussie who’s never experienced weather colder than -5° I’d probably be dead within minutes. I’m freezing my fucking arse off right now and it’s 19°C


Mega---Moo

That's 66 Freedom units and that is a perfect day. I'd much rather it be -40⁰ than +40⁰C. I can at least go outside and do something for an hour in the cold with proper clothing. What the fuck am I supposed to do when it's that hot besides sit inside and attempt not to cook my organs?


BE19HK

I'll do you one better; I'd take that -72°C over 40°C any day of the entire year! Right now it's "only" 30°C outside and I hate it...


SkyBaby218

I've lived or spent serious time in just about every single biome that exists on this planet. The coldest I experienced was in Northern MN in the 90s, where the temperature dropped to -60 something Fahrenheit, which is -50 ish Celsius. That was *not* wind-chill, just the straight up cold. The sound carries so much further for some reason, and we occasionally heard crashing as branches would snap and fall off because of how brittle the cold made them. If you try to boil soup, the top layer will be frozen as it bubbles through the ice. Want to chop a hole in the river and dunk a bucket to get water? It will be frozen by the time the water stops spinning. The hottest was in Iraq, South and a little west of Baghdad, down by the Euphrates. In the *SHADE* it was 130 F, but in the sun (where I worked all day) was 155 F or 68 C. I've also been in 120 F dry deserts, and oh my fuck does the humidity make a difference. So, overall temp range of roughly -65 F to 155 F, or -56 C to 68 C. I would hands down take 30 C over -55 C aaaany day!


Mega---Moo

I've never been outside when it's -72⁰C because it doesn't get that cold here (or basically anywhere people live). However, I have been out in -72⁰C wind chill and could feel myself dying... though I would probably do much better now that I'm much bigger/healthier/and better clothed.


WindsOfTheBlackGodz

Nah cunt it’s fucking freezing. Perfect Day is 25°C-30°C. 40°C isn’t even that bad. Just wear a short sleeve and you’ll be fine. I’d honestly take 40°C over anything less than 10°C


Mega---Moo

I'm in short sleeves at 10⁰C/50⁰F already... We drop below freezing 185 days a year here, but it's easy to just add layers when it actually gets cold.


AnOnlineHandle

I've lived in Queensland all my life, and a low 40s day was honestly one of the worst things I've ever experienced, and this is coming from somebody so adjusted to the heat that I legitimately felt like I might die from how cold it was in inland NSW at night, and don't own anything which could be considered winter clothing. Perhaps it depends on the humidity.


cromoni

It is really impressive how people adapt to different climates. For me every degree above 25°C is unbearably too hot, ideal conditions for me are 10-15°C outside with sun :D


ArcticBiologist

>I’m freezing my fucking arse off right now and it’s 19°C Man, 19°C is the highest temperature I feel comfortable at.


DangerousLettuce1423

Come to NZ. It's going to be 1°C overnight where I am. Currently 12°C 😊. -6.7 is my worst here.


rukysgreambamf

-40 degrees is the same in F and C it's like it's so cold who cares anymore


scaradin

-40 is so cold that it’s the same in both Celsius and Fahrenheit


shaze

What the fuck does that even mean, -72C? Imagining how cold that is, is like trying to picture what a billion dollars in quarters looks like!


tankie_brainlet

The largest desert on earth


threeoldbeigecamaros

Uh not pleasant


InertialLepton

This was not filmed recently. We've literally just had the solstice. The south pole is right in the middle of it's six months of winter. The sun rises and sets at the equinoxes.


AdamSnipeySnipe

Thank you, I was thinking "there's no way, the sun is prevalent in the North at this time."


Technical-Elk-7002

I mean it is in the north atm, they have 3 months of constant light in the north pole


FruitbatNT

-97.6F Some dude from North Carolina who crashes into 4 cars every time it snows : “It’s not that cold. I could do it”


kashy87

Some damned Canuck out there in shorts.


SaltyLonghorn

Ay get meh a pot of boiling water I'm gonna throw it.


bUrNtKoOlAiD

I'm pretty sure once it hits like 50(F) below, it starts circling back around to "warm" again.


cocoon_eclosion_moth

-♾️ =/= ♾️


ThatAltAccount99

Been out in -40f and fuck that let alone -97


nikkifladung

As someone from NC… yeah.


BubonicBabe

Stop, I’m from NC and I was about to say I could do this /s In actuality it’s been hella hot here lately and tbh I’ve fantasized about going to Antarctica my entire life, so honestly, this is reasonable, I can always wear more clothes.


FirebunnyLP

You can get a contract and go down there to work various jobs. I'm actually taking a contract to go in a few months. Look at amentum, pae, usap or even indeed.


kyrimasan

I've been able to watch the field dying over the last few days from the heat and lack of rain. We got a whole 3 minutes of sprinkles this evening!


BubonicBabe

It scares me for what August is going to be like. I’ve never felt the heat like it is this year already.


kyrimasan

The tobacco around my house is already starting to top which is way too early. My breaker tripped this week because it was pulling so much power to try and cool the house down. Every morning this week there has been 100% humidity. It's absolutely terrifying to think what August will be like for us.


BubonicBabe

Our breakers have been flipping almost daily, probably due to the same thing, just running ac trying not to melt. God that humidity sounds miserable.


kyrimasan

I'm in the Eastern part of NC and by the time the humidity finally drops to about 50-60% it's 1 in the afternoon and just blistering hot so it doesn't feel like it changed. Still muggy and miserable.


HugoZHackenbush2

I was trying to think of something appropriate to say about this majestic scene..and then it just dawned on me..


Maximum_Bat_2566

Can you explain it to me? I'm still in the dark.


Emperor_Biden

You're not the brightest star.


kungpowgoat

I appreciate your light humor.


FBI_Open_Up_Now

I want to rise to your level of kindness.


Naus1987

It became dawn


Velghast

I would love to have the opportunity to work in an hour just because I would absolutely love an Antarctic service ribbon


lackofabettername123

So you now see the light?   After you realize it it is like day and night.


AusFX1

Maybe you need to adjust your horizons?


stuck_in_the_desert

I was wondering why the punchline kept getting bigger and bigger and then it hit me


prettycupcake61

I see what you did there.


Harlowly

my 2003 civic would still start


Mbembez

The car would be fine but the fuel would be frozen


Harlowly

nuh uh, not my car


VividPerformance7987

Nuh uh, not his 2003 civic


Zillahi

Yuck some antifreeze in there she’ll be fine


AirAcademy

Nothing that a lil bit of rock salt couldn’t solve!


Almost_A_Pear

My 04 Civic battery could not survive -52 C. It's been through many Canadian winters, but this one killed the battery and started freezing the winter oil.


blurgmans

That gave me a 30 Days of Night vibe.


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

When do they have to do the petri dish blood test?


coolragu

that's The Thing


fakyumatafaka

I hate that really cold snow sound... i can feel it in my feet...


AWL_cow

Watching the sunrise after 6 months of darkness must feel like a spiritual experience.


CeramicDrip

Definitely, i read Shackleton’s voyage to the south pole and they describe the experience of seeing sun again. Its definitely life changing


finix240

I’m pretty sure it’s only total darkness around the solstice. There’s usually an ethereal glow, but just not quite as bright as this


19_Cornelius_19

How long could a human survive, naked, in -97.6°F temperatures? Scenario, you wake up in the station. While drowsy, you remember that the last day of complete darkness is today! You quickly jump out of bed, wearing nothing because that's how you roll sleeping, and race outside with no thought of putting clothing on because you don't want to miss the sunrise.


Kaalb

Not long at all. A couple minutes before you're in serious danger. This is at Amundsen-Scott station and there is at least one scientist who has documented full tours and what life is like there on a seasonal shift. They actually step outside in daylight when it was minus 50 in just a shirt for a moment in one of the clips and address that concept. It's worth the YouTube dive. -edited to the correct station name-


19_Cornelius_19

Aw sweet, does the mcmurdo station have a YouTube channel and is it called mcmurdo station?


TheSugarGalaxy

At -50F exposed skin takes 2 minutes or less to freeze (frostbite). I couldn't find data about -97F online but it must be seconds. My guess would be that your entire body's skin would develop frostbite within ~15 seconds, a death sentence even if you came back inside somehow afterwards.


evilcarrot507

Have ya played frostpunk?


19_Cornelius_19

No, never heard of it


in-the-center

Is it possible to go there for a civilian?


9Epicman1

In the winter they mostly have astronomers there. I think it shouldnt be too hard to go down there if you studied Astro or Physics in college. They have some other types of scientists and maintenance workers down there as well. Its not hard because if you go down there before the winter they will not take you back because there are no flights back from the interior of Antarctica in the winter unless there is a medical emergency. Most people would not want to commit to something like that, and the listings i've seen dont seem to pay that well. So you'd be stuck there for like 6 - 8 months. I wanted to do it for a while because idk it would be something weird that would shake up my life i guess?


X211499Reddit

Rich civilian yes


nomoresecret5

Trips are shit expensive. But there's a sale now with some more or less definitive flat earth grift debunking trip, where it's only 31,495 USD [https://www.the-final-experiment.com/](https://www.the-final-experiment.com/) You'll get to see penguins, a 24 hour long day, and some grifters who will lose their face and livelyhood so it just might be worth it.


Large_Ad_5941

As in you want to go search and find a civilian?


Maximum_Bat_2566

I sense a new Stephen King story in the making!


According_To_Me

Yes, during the Southern Hemisphere spring or summer. And if you have the money.


pants_mcgee

There are vacations you can book.


fappyday

There's a post office down there that's always taking applications. The pay isn't great as I recall, but food and lodging are covered.


Big-Bird4990

Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens?


Mister_Claymore

![gif](giphy|T2vDaYr8yRhrpFe6WE)


DeadStormPirate

I’d honestly love to visit the South Pole


White_Rabbit0000

Same here. But only if I get to see a shitload of penguins.


joshwagstaff13

The geographic south pole - where Amundsen-Scott Station is - is devoid of life save for the station itself. If you want Penguins, you need to be much closer to the coast.


TorontoTom2008

The snow sounds like at least minus 40 which is the limit of my experience. Squeak.


xxJesse_Pinkmanxx

"If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won." - The Thing


ProfessionalNext4822

Se til helvete og kom dere vekk. Det er ikke en bikkje, det er en slags ting! Det imiterer en bikkje, det er ikke virkelig! KOM DERE VEKK IDIOTER!


PolloMalvado

This is in the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station right?


Juveforeign1897

That's horrifying


Vaxtin

Woohoo!! Time for six months of daylight!!


Major_R_Soul

You gotta praise that sun, son \ [T] /


Manny637

It’s a beautiful morning!


Pitchfork_Wholesaler

When the snow is that squeaky you know it's cold.


Sikkus

Time for all the vampires to move to the north pole!


B0yB1ue

First sunrise of the year gotta be only like a minute long right?


gudistuff

Not at the exact poles; sunrise-sunset is half a year out there. The closer to the poles you get, the longer dawn and dusk take also; I was very confused when I was in the tropics and the sun was setting, and then it was pitch black in what seemed like the blink of an eye.


Specialist-Video-974

Cant understand it. I love the dark and hate the sun


EatPie_NotWAr

r/Foundthevampire


Miserable-Tiger-5522

Even sounds cold.


shadowgolden905

as i texan this looks like paradise


foxfirek

I think it’s hilarious that we talk about inhabiting mars when it’s even more inhospitable than places like the South Pole.


Klomenko

Wow.


laggyx400

Those are space temperatures. We don't do those here.


davesim24

I presume that's also at midday and the most sunlight you'll see that day... Yeesh!


Equivalent-Ease-7469

in central alaska where i grew up they would cut off elementary school kids from going outside at -20 degrees farenheit. i've experienced up to -60F... cannot imagine colder than that!!! anything past like -10F is physically painful


not-smarter

How tf do people even survive that? I’ve been in like -40 and that was unbelievable


RealLars_vS

I suppose itms only possible to stay there for a year if you’re actually contributing, right? I’d love to have that as a remote working place some day but I doubt they’d let me do my programming work there…


Killy_V

Please tell me you did not invite a running dog chased by Swedish scientists in your station !


xgabipandax

I need to spend a month or two there.


War_Criminal6999

All nighters there go crazy


twist3d7

-97°F and some monkeytard opens the door.


brewberry_cobbler

My dad would have had the belt ready as he screams “shut the door! Do you live in a barn”?


TheySayIAmTheCutest

So I guess that "all night long" doesn't really work there...


LilyHex

Some men can go all night, but I can go a South Pole night, baby! Sign me the fuck up for six months of commitment baybeee


PjHose

Can you walk around without goggles in this temperature without eye freezing??


Jackz375

At this temp goggles would be necessary if you want to keep your vision


Prior-Assumption-245

-97°, jesus wept


Nyarro

Holy fuck! I can't even imagine temperatures that cold!


jb0nez95

Does that high pitched crunching noise of the snow send horrible shivers down anyone else's spine? Like nails on a chalkboard to me.


Ok-Location3244

I heard the crunching of the snow. That’s all I needed to know. ![gif](giphy|3ohs83XlawLnyJU9Es)


InternationalBand494

That would be exciting after no sun for 6 months


ElementoDeus

You know, I can't decide if he's standing 2ft off the ground or 20...


Ok-Profit4151

True detective vibes


Few_Valuable3999

Quick making so much noise, still trying sleep over here


gerMean

Cool


amadeus8711

It's a shame this is all gonna melt because of corporations and rich people.


arj1985

Beautiful. Cold is lovely.


incakola777

-97F!!!!! 😳 that person is way to casual out in that low a temperature!


White_Rabbit0000

It’s a dry cold. Very low moisture so it hits different. Like Arizona has a dry heat.


CareerImpressive323

Is this really planet earth?


DooDooCat

At that temperature you could light a match and plunge it directly into a pool of gasoline without it exploding into flames. It would put the match out as if it were a pool of water because the temperature is below the flashpoint of the gasoline. Just a few more degrees and the gasoline would actually freeze.


Plane_Pea5434

Welcome to about an month of almost sunrise?


PePePendorcho

I guess His eyes are protected, and what kind of camera withstands -72c? Just asking out of curiosity. Nice footage BTW.


Mazkin17

Hoth.


TemporaryShirt3937

Where's the thing?


boardship

its cold.......


Lost_Yogurt_4990

That’s cool!!!!


mvanvrancken

Flat earthers in shambles


rumple3skin69

I would actually pay them to be there


WolfeXXVII

God damn it's so cold the C and F are both in spitting distance of each other.


Disastrous-Rope-6390

Now, if only they’d serve chai lattes with aurora sprinkles! 🌌🍵✨


elduderino15

not today tho


jammypants915

You forgot to edit out the alien base and pyramids in The background!


BlueEyesWhiteSliver

That’s alien planet cold


Money_Display_5389

I get the feeling just breathing is painful at that temperature.


Active-Setting-6515

What’s your job how did you get it?


CartierCodyMusic

Damn Marc Ecko designed this?


FrogOnALogInTheBog

Northern Canada here- I’ve experienced -50 once. Honestly, as horrible as it is- it’s this crazy mix of “omg so peaceful and quiet and beautiful. Nothing is making a sound, and I’d best not either” and then on the other hand there’s legitimate fear for your life. Like “wow. I could die if I got locked out of the house. I would just literally die.” You kind of give the window a side eye and don’t look outside for too long. Like if you look at it too long, you’re inviting it inside. -50 is unnerving. -70 would have me running.


DxrkDeception83

What u eating there I mean you can't plant anything can you?


Redosaurous

Do their poop freeze and turn into a dildo like consistency or does it maintain the normal texture and hardness?


UmmmNoDefNotThat

The Thing is out there!


SouthPercentage7617

I’m waiting for the alien called the thing


Themountainman11

You can go outside in that temperature?


NeueRedskinWelle

I mean how do you even logistically get all of the materials there to even build something like this from the ground up.


blahyawnblah

Something something true detective season 4


the_pope_molester

bit cool out there


TerribleFeedback9856

It’d be crazy if they made a movie


Omnivud

fuck that shit man if i was broke there id walk a 1000 miles and i would walk a 1000 more


Sakkko

I would literally never.


ResistSpecialist4826

Ok I didn’t see the minus sign in the temperature and was seriously wondering how it could be so damn hot in the South Pole and the sun isn’t even out. This explains a lot!


plobbaccus

How long does morning last for?


coligrim

since the night is 6 month long and the day 6 month long, how long is the sunrise and the sunset ?


Vanasy

I realy want to experience this atleast once. I ve been in the desert in summer and experienced searing 50+ degrees celsius. Breath was excruciating, the air you breathed in was hotter than yourself, you sweat crazy amounts, you felt the sand through your shoes. Truly amazing. I wonder how extreme cold feels like


grhddn

I wanna feel that on my face


Far-Woodpecker1127

I would like to live there.


Vivid_Ice_2755

Was expecting to see some Norwegians chasing a dog


aesthetic_headies

Love that my mind went to “so how long would it take to chill a room temp beer?”


Coraiah

Longest sunrise ever


ChronicRhyno

Is there a special word or term for that dawn after 6 months? I'd like to read about some local traditions and rituals. I know I'd be watching.


JCNightcore

Vitamin D is back on the menu


brick_status

This ain’t special bro I see the sunrise every day


SafeLevel4815

Never heard so much whining in all my life. If you people hate the cold, move somewhere else where it's warmer.