What is the coldest place in the world? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6° Fahrenheit (minus 92° Celsius) on a clear winter night - colder than the previous recorded low temperature.
This visualization starts with a global view and then zooms down to Antarctica textured by LIMA data.
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Animators
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA)
Scientists
Ted Scambos (NSIDC)
Terry Haran (University of Colorado)
J. L. Bamber (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK)
