Alpine Ascents Founder Todd Burleson describes the view from this camp as one of the most magnificent high mountain camps he has visited. The team will rest here for a day to acclimatize prior to attempting the summit. Just the Facts Antarctica , as the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent, is mostly uninhabitable. In the winter extreme, metal can stick to flesh, kerosene turns to jelly and fillings can fall out of teeth. Then there's the wind .
Heat loss increases dramatically with increases in wind speed.
Even the wind generated by walking can cause frostbite. Fingers, toes, ears, cheeks and nose freeze most easily. We knew it had to be somewhere. He planted a Norwegian flag at the Pole and left a note for competing explorer Captain Robert Scott whose team, bitter with disappointment at finding they had been outpaced, were trapped by severe weather on the returning trip and perished. Todd spent most of his childhood in Alaska where his prowess and love for mountaineering was developed.