How Did Antarctic Explorers Survive -49°F in Months of Darkness?

How real people survived history's worst places, and whether Gary can. 10 AM and 10 PM ET. The sun sets for four months, the thermometer falls to forty-nine below zero, and the sea ice freezes and vanishes in a week. Gary drops into the winter-quarters hut at Cape Evans, Antarctica, in April 1911, on the last day of the sun, and has to get through the dark the way the explorers really did. 00:00 The sun sets for four months 1:00 A house quilted with seaweed 2:59 Ice is cheaper than coal 4:28 Seal for breakfast 6:08 Fifteen minutes from home 8:47 The wind that arrives in seconds 10:45 Did Gary survive? Sources: R. F. Scott, "Scott's Last Expedition", Vol. I, the journals of Captain Scott (Project Gutenberg #11579) Apsley Cherry-Garrard, "The Worst Journey in the World" (Project Gutenberg #14363) Gary's winter is a dramatised story built on how the Terra Nova expedition's men described their hut, food, water and weather at Cape Evans; the men around him are representative, not named individuals. Illustrations are AI-assisted; narration is a synthetic voice. #history #antarctica #survival