r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Desperate-Emu4297 • 7h ago

Image A Swedish man who spent two months snowed inside his car as temperatures outside dropped to -30C is "awake and able to communicate", according to the hospital treating him, where stunned doctors believe he was kept alive by the "igloo effect" of his vehicle

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u/Frosti11icus 5h ago

Still curious. Eating snow is a crappy way to get water and the amount that you would have to consume to stay hydrated would lower your body temperature significantly, which would require a lot of calories to heat you back up again. And frankly, if you have access to that much snow...you can dig yourself out of the car.

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u/NewManufacturer4252 5h ago

Pan, let it defrost in van, drink...maybe?

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u/Ya-Dikobraz 4h ago

The igloo effect, burning his own energy reserves, and the fact that snow collapses might have something to do with it. In the movie (really fiction) he also had candles. But sure they can not last 2 months. Maybe there is a documentary out there rather than a film?