One on one: 8 people, has overcome the cold Bashny.Net

A naked man can be in the cold at minus 30-35°C for half an hour, max one hour. Prolonged exposure to cold will cause the internal mechanisms are unable to replenish the heat loss, so that the body temperature will begin to decline. Resistance to cold can be increased if regularly hardening of the body, as is done, for example, the "walrus". Thanks to the "training" cooling their body is not afraid of the cold and icy water. But their resistance to cold — not the limit of human capabilities.

Higher immunity to cold appears in people with so-called abilities to withstand extremely low temperatures, and sometimes those who find themselves in extreme situations. We found 8 explorers, athletes and enthusiasts who on their own initiative or by chance, won the cold.

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Roald AmundsenNorwegian polar Explorer Roald Amundsen nearly all his life engaged in the study of the North. On the way to the great discoveries, the traveler had to overcome many great difficulties.

One of the most difficult challenges awaited polar Explorer during his first expedition. The ship on which the team was moving to the South magnetic pole, was stopped by ice. The crew waited for an unplanned hibernation, to wait on Board which was not sufficient or polar clothes, no stock products. To survive in the harsh conditions, had to alter equipment in blankets and learn how to hunt seals. After 13 months, the ship finally came out of the ice zone and the researcher together with other surviving explorers returned home.

 

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Andrzej ZawadaUntil 1979, all climbers tried to climb to the top of the world only in pregassona or posluszny seasons. To change the number of seasons and add another, and winter first tried a Polish expedition led by Andrzej Zawada. After long negotiations with the Ministry of tourism of Nepal, the climbers got permission to climb Everest in the winter season. Winter permit was strictly limited to the period from 1 December 1979 to 28 February 1980 and not a day more. Despite the tight schedule, the mountaineers were able to stay within the allotted time and passing through the South Col, climb to the top of Everest.

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Lewis Gordon PughThe British athlete Lewis Gordon Pugh, nicknamed the polar bear prefers swimming in the warm sea water swim in glacial lakes and in the Arctic ocean. In the icy waters of the probe is not in a special wetsuit, and regular swimming trunks and swimming cap. Feature your body to keep in water with sub-zero temperatures the warmth of the muscles and coordination of movements Briton uses in order to draw attention to the rapid melting of glacial Land cover and climate change.

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Gleb TravinIn 1928, the Soviet traveller went on a bike on a long journey along the borders of the USSR, including the Arctic coast. The border along the Arctic ocean from the Kola Peninsula to Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, he travelled by Bicycle hunting and skiing. For a year and a half without any support, alone he traveled through the Arctic ice and the coast forty thousand kilometers.

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WIM HofWIM Hof, known as the "ice man", literally every day checks on the strength of a cold. To spend a few hours in the cold, to climb Mont Blanc in shorts, to swim under the ice of a frozen lake a common thing for him. 20 such achievements WIM Hof got into the Guinness Book of records. The Dutchman is convinced that the incredible achievements and records are the logical results of his long labour, not super-powers.

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Naomi UemuraTo the age of 29 Japanese traveler won five of the seven highest points on different continents. In 1972, at 9 months he moved to Greenland, where he lived with the Eskimos and learned about the dog sledding. Applying the experience gained during travels in Canada and Alaska, Naomi Uemura began to prepare for a single trip to the North pole. He moved the sled dogs, and all the necessary equipment and products are periodically delivered by plane. Destination Naomi Uemura reached after 55 days.

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Otto SchmidtSoviet mathematician and geographer undertook to act in the role of "Mythbusters" and to check whether the navigation along the Northern sea route on a regular heavy freighter, not a special ship. The ship, which was celebrated expedition, was crushed by ice, and 104 crew members were left to winter on the ice. A rescue operation has managed to spend only a month. For a week all people were evacuated from the ice.

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Ramon NavarroChilean surfer Ramon Navarro decided to go surfing where there are no foot surfer. To conquer the waves Ramon went to Antarctica. The harsh climatic conditions to the athlete more than compensated for the lack of crowd surfers in the water regardless of the time of day.

Source: dnpmag.com/2015/01/15/odin-na-odin-s-xolodom/