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Sensaciones a 50 bajo cero.

Carlos Pobes

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For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

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How the body worksCold and heat exposurePhysiology

Carlos Pobes documents the physical sensations and rapid onset of frostbite when exposed to minus 50 degrees Celsius at the South Pole.

Este video esta tomado en la terraza de la estacion Amundsen-Scott (Polo Sur) el dia 29 de Febrero de 2012 a una temperatura de -50C y en condiciones controladas, no intenteis esto en casa :) Yo pude meterme enseguida en la estacion y entrar en calor, pero os haceis una idea de lo que significan estas temperaturas y lo facil que es sufrir congelaciones graves a estas temperaturas. Aproximadamente a los 3 minutos de exposicion, varios dedos empezaron a ponerse blancos de repente y perder sensibilidad y a doler de una forma diferente a lo que uno esta acostumbrado (si os han quemado una berruga, es parecido a eso), por eso la grabacion se corta inmediatamente, al empezar a notar esos primeros sintomas de congelacion.

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On “Can wind remain as cold as -70 degrees?”

…link to see recorded temperatures and wind speeds for the latter in August of this year. I should also point out that there are Youtube videos available of researchers in Antarctica during such conditions. One such researcher was Carlos Pobes who was a South Pole winter-over that documented the sensations of such temperatures in 2012: -50C: link to this video -50 to -60C: link to this video -65 to -75C: link to this video -100F: link to this video In the first three videos, it is clear that it is quite windy in certain parts (though difficult to quantify how much). However, I should mention that an ice sheet is the only possible place** on Earth to see -70 degrees F with wind. In the small handful of other places…
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