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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Can Your Ears Estimate Temperature?

Today on my way back from the Svalbardbutikken (the Co-op store where we buy everything we need), I thought I would capture a few sounds during my 3 km walk home. If you're from a place that gets cold or have ever lived somewhere you've spent time outdoors during a cold winter, you might be able to guess the approximate air temperature based on sound of my footsteps...

4 Comments:

At February 26, 2008 2:47 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

how that's cold!

 
At February 26, 2008 2:56 AM , Blogger Jon Rask said...

ah yeah. that's a familiar sound!

 
At February 26, 2008 6:53 PM , Anonymous kbullinger said...

Good to hear you walking around up there. Kathy, Matt, and Daniel

 
At March 14, 2008 11:21 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nasty cold! I'd say that it was about -10 F actual temp. tg-nd

 

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