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Tuesday, 25th November 2008

In cold that dropped to -59F their canvas boots turned to stone; their eyelids froze open and shut; fingers and noses became frostbitten. The ever-observant Payer noticed that whenever a group of men were walking together their breath enveloped them in a cloud of fine ice-needles which rendered them almost invisible. Their progress was accompanied by a curious tinkling noise that he could not explain until he realized it was caused by their frozen exhalations falling to the ground.
Fergus Fleming, "Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole".

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