Science of Survival: Frozen Alive Redux
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The Power of Fear
You're locked into an ungainly spread-armed weak-need snowplow. Moments later, your skis catch on a buried log. The crash leaves your ankle burning in a way you know is bad. Scratchy snow is packed down your shirt. Melt water trickles down your neck and spine. Join soon by a thin line of blood from a small cup on your head. You've slid into the temperature range at which cold renders the enzymes in your brain less efficient. An hour passes. You barely notice. At one point, a stray thought says you should start being scared. But fear is a concept that floats somewhere far beyond your immediate reach.
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