Cold
Ice and ice-cold!
Brrr, it’s cold. Ice-cold… In these regions the temperature can drop to -89 °C. Reach over and touch the ice-wall to see how cold it really is! Experience for yourself the discomfort of even the slightest polar breeze, and use the infrared camera to see through which part of your body most of your body heat is lost.
When the cold sets in there is nothing better than a pair of warm boots and a nice thick jacket to keep out the wind! But how does a seal stay warm in the ice-cold water? And how does the North American wood frog recover from its frozen hibernation?
- Fact file 1: the North American wood frog
- Fact file 2: the Harbor seal
