Antarctica vs Sahara - Could You Survive 1 Year In Extreme Temperatures

Hot or cold? Which will kill you first? Check out today's epic video that finds out which climate is deadlier, the Antarctic or the Sahara. Which extreme does the human body stand a better chance of survival? Watch and find out now!

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[abbykidd]

Please start using degrees Celsius in addition to degrees Fahrenheit. Majority of the world uses the Celsius

[JackNicholason]

What a silly question. Whats harder to survive in? The Sahara, where people have lived for thousands of years. Or Antarctica, where no permanent settlements have ever been established

[ramon]

PLEASE use the metric system alongside the imperial system in your videos. Not all of your viewers are from the US

[alechachman]

There are decent sized cities in the Sahara, not so much antarctica.

Pretty sure that alone means antarctica is worse

[jamese]

Humans are designed to tolerate naturally high temperatures including those of deserts for a day or few. But natural cold like Antarctica is simply not survivable. There is not much the human body can do to increase your temperature since its already working quite hard just to mantaine the average 37 degrees celcius. You die in less than half a day.

[RogerM]

If we are realistic...surviving in the Sahara would be more feasible, since you would need to travel further North to the nearest civilization area, before running out of provisions.

[kolpo]

You do realise that 95% of the world use the metric system though?
I mean no disrespect but for a channel of this size you could include conversions so all of us puny foreigners could also feel included.

[Halcyonobtained]

"It's coarse, rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere." .... Capt America: "I got that reference!"

[josephomole]

People are from the Sahara. Nobody is from Antarctica.

[Taylayooni]

I drink aluminum from thermometers.

Alright, I get it..
Aluminum, mercury
Tomato Tamato
Both exist, now stop arguing..

[NatWestC]

I’ve been in minus 30 and i had to leave in minutes as it was unbearable, just imagine what minus 80 could do.

[carlettoburacco]

I spent a couple of days in the "tourist" desert in southern Morocco (40°C+ during the day and 17°C at night) and I went around several days in northern Finland in winter (-35°C during the day and absolute 0 at night)
I choose the cold for sure: there is no defense against the dry heat of the desert during the day.

[matthewjohnson]

I've been on fire. 30% of my body, 3rd degree burns. I'd much rather freeze to death, after hypothermia really sets in you'd become euphoric and daydream yourself to sleep. Then never wake up.

[CoachKen]

I consider not having WiFi a near death experience...

[brianfreeman]

I've experienced three earthquakes, a hurricane while at sea, and a couple of lively volcanoes. A Saharan sandstorm was, by far, the most awful experience imaginable. Never again, thank you !

[ItsSkyLOL]

I see most people missed the question where you would have higher chances to survive, yet everybody chooses antarctica as a place to die. Excuse me, we out here trying to survive everyone 😂
In all seriousness, most people missed the point that there is simply nothing to do to warm urself up in antarctica, not mentioning any buildings, because that’s cheating like in sahara too.. so you simply cannot even try to choose the cold one, because your body cannot endure what your mind thinks you can🙂‍↔️

[daheitar]

you shold try to use normal measurment units like the metric sistem or celsius

[Augfordpdoggie]

Antarctica would be worse. I lived in the Sahara for 4 years, it was really cool

[destianpatrianagara]

As much as I hate hot weather I'd rather live in extreme heat than extreme cold.

[lk-ipxs]

I choose Antarctika. I can always put on warmer gear, but when I am in a desert, there comes a point, where you cant take off more clothes. And everything, that would cool me down, requires electricity. Also in the desert you would have to worry about cold as well, since the nights are very cold, under 0°C. Sure, not as cold as Antarctica, but in the desert I would have to carry all the gear that keeps me warm in the night with me during the day in a huuuuge backpack, while temperatures are scorching hot.