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| Thread ID: 123362 | 2012-02-20 16:42:00 | Yeah - But Was It In A Volvo? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1260299 | 2012-02-20 16:42:00 | Peter Skyllberg, a 44-year-old man from Sweden, survived two months trapped in his snow-covered car due to a "natural igloo" that formed from the air trapped in the vehicle, the Telegraph reports . ( . telegraph . co . uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/9091101/Man-pulled-out-of-snowed-in-car-after-being-stuck-for-months . html" target="_blank">www . telegraph . co . uk) In a stroke of luck, a passerby found Skyllberg in his car in Umea, a town a little south of the Arctic Circle, where the Telegraph reports authorities say he was in "really bad shape . " He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where he is expected to be released in a few days after a full recovery . The temperature in the area had reportedly dropped to -30 F . ( . bbc . co . uk/news/mobile/world-europe-17088173" target="_blank">www . bbc . co . uk) Doctor Ulf Segerberg, the Chief Medical Officer at Norrland's University Hospital told the paper in a separate report ( . telegraph . co . uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/9091674/Swedish-man-survived-for-two-months-in-snowbound-car-thanks-to-igloo-effect . html" target="_blank">www . telegraph . co . uk)that, combined with the igloo effect, it's not unheard of a human to survive without food for that long . "Starvation for one month, anyone can tolerate that if they have water to drink," Segerberg told the Telegraph . "If you have body fat, you will survive even longer, although you end up looking like someone coming from a concentration camp . " The BBC reports ( . bbc . co . uk/news/mobile/world-europe-17088173" target="_blank">www . bbc . co . uk) that one doctor told the Swedish Vasterbotten Courier that Skyllberg survived by going into a "kind of hibernation . " Segerberg recognized that Skyllberg's survival was against the odds, the Telegraph reports . "This is a case in a lifetime . Every winter we have people who have frozen to death . But a case like this, with someone caught outside for such a long time, is very rare, because it's very rare that you are not missed by anyone, which seems to be the case in this instance . " So far Skyllberg has declined to be interviewed, the paper reports, and only wants everyone to know that he is doing better . LINK::: . huffingtonpost . com/2012/02/19/peter-skyllberg-swedish-man-survives-two-months-in-snow-covered-car_n_1287586 . html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=022012&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief" target="_blank">www . huffingtonpost . com I'm not sure I'm buying into this story though . |
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| 1260300 | 2012-02-20 19:24:00 | They build em tough in Sweden | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1260301 | 2012-02-20 19:56:00 | I will never complain about a -4 degree frost again. The temperatures had dropped to -30 degrees F. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1260302 | 2012-02-20 19:59:00 | The selection process for "tough" seems a bit rougher than is acceptable here, although socially it may be infinitely preferable to local displays of "staunch". | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1260303 | 2012-02-20 20:43:00 | Volvo... reputed to be the worlds safest car?? Ken ;) |
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