How Pi Can Save Your Life by Chris Waring

Author:Chris Waring
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 2021-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Your model also assumed that you would be traveling on a level surface. If you start your trip on the Ross Ice Shelf like Scott and his ill-fated team, you’ll be somewhere between 15 and 50 m above sea level. The South Pole itself has an altitude of 2,835 m, and between the ice shelf and the pole are the Trans-Antarctic mountains, with peaks as high as 4,500 m. You will definitely have some climbing to do! Ignoring air resistance may be optimistic, too. The weather in Antarctica is extreme. Even in the summer, the average temperature is -26°C, and blizzards are possible at any time. Cold air falling down from the altitude of the South Pole produces a phenomenon called a katabatic wind, which can exceed hurricane force. Not something you want to walk into. You pack your sled and decide to add some extra rations after all.

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