Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 15:39
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Oden Antarctic Expedition 08

how cold has Antartica got

Tue, 11/11/2008 - 17:34

Jeff Peneston

I will be on the icebreaker Oden along the coast of the Antarctic continent so I will not get to feel the serious cold at the South Pole.  I will also be there during the beginning of summer (Dec-Jan) so I don't expect to experience temperatures below 0 degrees F.
 However, Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth and deep inside the continent during the 5-6 months of winter darkness the world record for coldest temperature was set at Vostok on Aug 25, 1960. 
The temperature got down to
 -126.9 °F.  which is  -88.3 °C
 YIKES!!
Take care, and stay warm,
 Jeff Peneston