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Does this mean we’ll start seeing more Antarctic TikTokers? Exciting!

A new ice bucket challenge.

There's a 300 degree club at the south pole. Strip, jump in 200 degF water, then run outside around the building where it's -100 degF.

I was skeptical that 200F water would not cause almost immediate damage.

Turns out this challenge involves a 200F sauna, so 200F air, not water.

The people who I have met, who have participated, are very interesting people. Very interesting stories from amazing engineers.

Edit: I don't know if these two participated but I knew them from the NJIT CSTR. Some of the smartest people I met who were basically volunteering just so they could get flown down every year: https://youtu.be/ciqAZSoOmr8?t=676. Gil was just getting through some back surgery at this point, was in massive pain, and still flew out that year if memory serves me correct.

I think it is one of these cases where everyone agrees that the Fahrenheit scale should be used.

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