Human Blood Freezing Point Novels & Stories

They bobbed silently in the black water, bumping into each other with dull, hollow thuds. "It's a graveyard," Jack whispered. "Everything that ever tried to cross the magnetic pole... ended up here." "Look at the water temp," Olivia said, her voice trembling. "It's minus thirty degrees Celsius." "Water freezes at zero," Ben corrected automatically. "Salt water at minus two." "This isn't water," Jack said, staring at the oily sheen. "It's chemical runoff. Coolant. Alchemical waste. It doesn't freeze because it's too toxic to form crystals."

Who was the man I cited there—to whom I had given my sweetest ‘yes’ in just a matter of two days? Hypothermia* is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 °F (37 °C). Hypothermia occurs as your body temperature falls below 95 °F (35 °C). [Source: G****e]

It shot hot air into my lungs, which horribly burned. “The subject was in the cold room for five hours,” a woman spoke as she manipulated my body. Someone else was there with her, taking notes. “Body temperature is 28 degrees Celsius. With the machine pumping back her blood after it warms it, we should be able to bring her to a normal 36 or 37 degrees. BPM is forty-two and slowly climbing. Tissues on her extremities have turned gray or black. Clear signs of frostbite. This shouldn’t have happened. The dose of blood we gave her must not have been sufficient to prevent tissue damage and bradycardia, but it helped her survive. I will administer more blood and see if it helps her heal.”