ANTARCTICA

By: Mike Matook

Environmental Conditions

• Temp. can reach as low as -129F

• Winds up to 200mph

• Less than 1 inch of precipitation a year

• Summer months are more mild, -40 to -50F and winds of 30 to 50 mph

• Weather conditions: overcast, and slight snow

How long Human can endure

• At 32F the body dies within 20 minutes

Things Needed to survive

• Many loose layers( tight clothes limit blood circulation)

• First layer: thermal underwear

• Second layer: Jacket and Pants

• Third Layer: removable shell (depending on how much activity)

• Last layer: Parka and pants

Things Needed to Survive cont.

• Lip balm

• Sun Screen

• Sun Glasses

• 6,000 Calories a day diet

Muscular system

• : when we start to feel cold, we may begin to shiver, movements that are useless in themselves, but that generate heat as a by-product and so help to warm us up. Shivering can increase the production of heat five-fold.

Circulatory System

• body pumps blood throughout the body faster to keep you warm

• Also limits circulation to limbs in order to keep core warm

Skeletal and Integumentary systems

• Body tries to be as small as possible to stay warm

• Add layers so you don’t lose heat through head and limbs

• Frostbite may occur if body gets colder than freezing point