Fear of Cold

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You are reduced to a crawling thing on the margin of a disintegrating world. Nothing will so quickly isolate a man. My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller My Twitter: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 Merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/jacob-geller “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Seth Boyer: https://sethboyer.bandcamp.com/track/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee Based on the poem by Robert W. Service Audio mastering by Mitch Cramer: https://twitter.com/heavyxeyed SOURCES: Books: To Build a Fire (Jack London, 1908) Alone (Richard Byrd, 1938) The Stranger in the Woods (Michael Finkel, 2017) On the Banks of Plum Creek (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1937) Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 2014) The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1940) Mountains of the Mind (Robert Macfarlane, 2003) The Shining (Stephen King, 1977) Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell, 1938) Longform Articles: The Big Thaw: Russia’s Permafrost is Melting: https://news.sky.com/story/russias-permafrost-is-thawing-and-it-could-make-melting-polar-ice-caps-look-like-a-sideshow-12359940 The Bizarre Bank Robbery That Shook an Arctic Town: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/norway-longyearbyen-bank-robbery/ Even At Its End, The Universe Will Never Reach Absolute Zero: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/11/12/even-at-its-end-the-universe-will-never-reach-absolute-zero/ The History of the Robbins Children: http://www.pioneergirl.com/blog/archives/9101 Frozen Alive: https://www.outsideonline.com/2152131/freezing-death/ The Coldest Place in the Universe: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-coldest-place-in-the-universe-8121922/ How the New Science of Freezing Can Save Your Life: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/how-new-science-freezing-can-save-your-life/ The Ice Inferno: https://aeon.co/essays/antarctica-a-place-of-wide-horizons-and-fragile-selves What the Arctic Reveals about Coronavirus: https://www.arctictoday.com/what-the-arctic-reveals-about-coronavirus/ The Island Where No One Is Allowed to Die, or Give Birth: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/experiences/adventure-holidays/103873808/svalbard-norway-the-island-where-no-one-is-allowed-to-die-or-give-birth This was Ötzi the Iceman’s Last Meal: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-otzi-iceman-food-DNA-diet-meat-fat Movies and TV: To Build A Fire (David Cobham, 1969) The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982), The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1977), Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, 2013), The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich, 2004), Little House on the Prairie (Episode 22, 1975) Games: The Long Dark (2014), Frostpunk (2018), Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Music (chronologically): Theme for The Long Dark (The Long Dark), Un Dia En Granada (Vendla), Watery Grave (Carrion), Helix Bell (Christophe Gorman), One Must Go (Alec Slayne), Doubt (The Long Dark), Freezing Cold (Breath of the Wild), Silent Heaven (Silent Hill 2), Martian Law (Jon Bjork), Ennui (Cody High), Cold New Dawn & The Darkest of Days (Frostpunk), There’s Something I Have to Say (The Long Dark), Canonical Aside (Dead Space 2), A Cold Wind (Savvun), The Cremation of Sam McGee (Seth Boyer) Additional footage from Getty Images Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound Thumbnail by: https://twitter.com/HotCyder Description from “Alone” by Richard Byrd