Tea Experiment photos : Vanishing Arctic

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1. Ben Harden makes mug of tea in Healy's cafeteria. (Pat Keoughan)

2. The wind chill on deck, affecting the heat loss of the tea as well as the experimenters, was -4.35 degrees C (24.18 degrees F). (Pat Keoughan)

3. Ben records the temperature of the tea every minute. (Pat Keoughan)

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Pat Keoughan checks the time for Ben to read the thermometer again.

(Rachel Fletcher)

5. To compare the rate of cooling for tea on the deck with tea cooled without the wind, Ben and Pat repeated the experiment inside the walk in freezer which was -12.8 degrees C (9 degrees F). Due to fear of hypothermia , the experimenters lengthened the time between readings to allow them time outside the freezer. (Pat Keoughan)