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Taniwha on Feb 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Last Flight Out

My friend who wintered over claimed that the Pole doesn't have "plentiful oxygen and atmospheric pressure" - it's high above sea level, the earth's spin reduces the pressure at the poles and if a low pressure weather system comes in people suffer from altitude sickness

https://www.usap.gov/USAPgov/travelAndDeployment/documents/M...

hapidjus on Feb 15, 2023 | [–]

Compared to Mars?

Taniwha on Feb 15, 2023 | | [–]

No not compared to Mars, more compared to where humans normally live

aaroninsf on Feb 15, 2023 | [–]

TIL thank you, that is very interesting!

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