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Show IY FRIGHTFUL DEGREE OF COLD. ,., Frost's Intensity Hard for Dwellers In j T Temperate Clhr.es to Realize. , ) It Is difficult for us to form any con. ceptlon of tho degree of cold ropro-eontod ropro-eontod by tho 80 degrees of frost recorded re-corded from certain parts of Ilussla. Sir Leopold McCllntock tells how In ono of his Arctic expeditions a sailor was foolish enough to do somo outdoor work at precisely this temperature. His hands froze and whon he lushed i Into tho cabin and plunged ono of them Into a basin of water so cold 1 was tho hand that tho water was In- ti stantly converted Into a block of Ico. At 25 degrees, Dr. Kane says, "tho jfi mustache and under Hp form pendu- Ii ' Ious beads of dangling Ico. Put out If your tonguo and It Instantly freezes to IE this Icy crusting. Your chin has a Wa trick of freezing to your upper Jaw by the luting aid of your beard; my oyos have ofton boon bo glued as to show I -that oven a wink was unsafo." |