# Partly cloudy, low -104 F **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 3, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834 "2003-05-03T09:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/1 "2003-05-03T09:18:38Z")
Can a human being survive, even with the best arctic clothing, at a place like [Vostok station](http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/89606.html) ? Living in Montreal, I know what a minus 35F windchill is, but a minus 90F windchill? Your face would surely freeze solid within 30 seconds. Surely no one goes for a stroll at Vostok station. ---
**Author:** ![Eegba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Eegba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eegba)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/2 "2003-05-03T14:44:15Z")
I can’t guarantee it’s true, but from the “Ask an Antarctican” section of [Big Dead Place](http://www.bigdeadplace.com/) > [@](#): > > \*\*Is there really a 300-degree club? > > Yours, > Hasn’t Seen A Cold Day In Too Long\*\* > > Dear Hasn’t Seen A Cold Day In Too Long, > Thanks for the question. Yes indeed there is a 300-degree club. This happens at Pole Station. I have not yet been privileged enough to partake in this activity, but will hopefully get my chance next year. I’ve got a lead on a job for the upcoming contract year. As you may have heard, when the temp is -100 outside they enter the steamy 200F sauna and then bolt naked like crazed hyenas out to the geographical south pole marker for a quick lap. I understand they do wear shoes. Otherwise their feet would stick to the ice. > > Regards, > Fucked-up Summer Person ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/3 "2003-05-03T19:56:25Z")
Seems like I remember reading somewhere that when it gets around -70 Fahrenheit your breath freezes in mid-air and falls to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/4 "2003-05-03T22:00:27Z")
When it gets really cold around these parts I splash some water on my (concrete) balcony and it freezes gratifyingly in two seconds. However, my breath has never been in danger of falling to the ground, nor can I quite believe that it ever could! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/5 "2003-05-03T23:11:58Z")
And what’s the temperature at which CO[sub]2[/sub] freezes again? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partly-cloudy-low-104-f/172834/6 "2003-05-04T00:26:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*Seems like I remember reading somewhere that when it gets around -70 Fahrenheit your breath freezes in mid-air and falls to the ground. \*\* This was at least partially debunked in a thread within the last month or two, but since I’m (A) lazy and (B) on dialup, I’m not going to look it up.