By: Marcus Woo
for
National Geographic
Published December 10, 2013
If you think this winter is cold, be glad you're not in Antarctica.
Using new satellite data, scientists have measured the most frigid temperature ever recorded on the continent's eastern highlands: about -136°F (-93°C)—colder than dry ice.
The temperature breaks the 30-year-old record of about -128.6°F (-89.2°C), measured by the Vostok weather station in a nearby location. (Related: "
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Although they announced the new record this week, the temperature record was set on August 10, 2010