Re: Cold

"Russell Wallace" <russell.no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> I'm trying to get a feel for what degrees of cold exist, and what effect

> they have, and what countermeasures are necessary and appropriate. (For 
> definiteness, assume the context is either a tide-locked planet where
the 
> atmosphere is dense enough to be breathable but not so dense that the 
> temperature on the night side doesn't drop very low indeed; or someplace

> like Titan that's just plain chilly all round, but still has normal 
> atmospheric pressure. I have outline ideas regarding both of those for a

> possible future setting.)
> ...

So far, AFAIC, Jack London's done it best.

http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html

Hth,
Fred