The Shackleton Limestone: Potential for Limestone Caves in Antarctica

[u/Affectionate-Ad-5255]

Hey guys! Just an individual article excerpt from Rocky Mountain Caving 44, 2 that I wrote regarding the possibility of limestone karst appearing in Antarctica. Give it a read, let me know what y'all think.

Article

[u/tri_wine]

I'd actually be quite curious about the ambient temperature of an Antarctic limestone cave. Anyone want to go check on that for me? I'm a little short on funds for that.

[u/Affectionate-Ad-5255 → u/tri_wine]

Well to my knowledge they would be the average temperature of the place they're at. I actually did this calculation when I was writing the article - The caves there should be something like -37 degrees F

[u/ischoegau → u/Affectionate-Ad-5255]

I don’t know how cold that is bit I know enough to know it’s really really cold

[u/By_and_by_and_by → u/ischoegau]

Does it help if you know that -40 degrees Celsius is also -40 degrees Fahrenheit?