http://theconversation.edu.au/the-an...nstalment-5491
"The extreme cold also had some interesting consequences at meal breaks. The piping-hot, hearty soups that our mountaineer guide Loomy made for dinner would begin to freeze rapidly from the outside in. The centre would remain warm (for at least a few minutes), while ice would start forming on the periphery. The metal spoon would be warm where it touched the soup, but the handle acted as such an efficient heatsink that the team’s fingers were in danger of frostbite...
If the engines stop and the batteries cool below -25ºC, we won’t be able to restart the engines until October. With winter temperatures hitting -75ºC, we require careful thermal management...
In a month or so you should be able to google “PLATO-R” and see our new website with the latest data and photos from the new observatory."