[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***The lowest measured air temperature on earth is −89.2 °C (−129 F) on 23 July 1983,*** Say what! I remember fifty years ago reading the story written by a ranger at what is now the McKinley National Park in Alaska. He said one time it was so cold his dogs refused to hook up to the sleigh but ran back to their dog houses. He said the temp was around -170. He is the ranger that kept the name "Denali" alive way back when everyone was calling it Mt McKinley.

[pierrem15]

I've been outside at -48F in very still air. You go outside, and the cold grips you like icy fingers. Your breath condenses immediately as ice. Stay still, and a cushion of warm air surrounds you; move, and the big chill hits you again. The cold comes up through your boots so you're hopping from one foot to another.

Frightening.