Quillette
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When temperatures drop below -10C , snow no longer melts if it is compressed.
This means that when you walk on it, the ice crystals themselves rub against each other making a kind of creaking noise.
At -35C, with no wind, sound travels far and clear. At -42C, the air takes on a lunar quality. It is painful to inhale. Air itself feels hostile. Wind has malice. But the cold is not personal. The cold is indifferent. The world doesn't even know I am alive; it will offer no succour for me.
The horror of Frankenstein is not to be found in the grotesque and mutilated body of the creature, but in the tragic heart of Victor Frankenstein who was devoted only to himself.
The cold is a reminder of the world's indifference, the place where one’s limit is reached and where the world becomes hostile.
VR Score
53
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Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
30
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Time-value
long-living
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