A world record was set by three Russians who parachuted from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last week. But this special mission was also intended to test a new communication system for use in the Arctic, an organizer told Reuters. Mikhail Kornichenko, Alexander Linik and Denis Yefremov dropped from an Ilyushin-76 plane flying at an altitude of 10,500 meters and free-falled for about two and a half minutes before opening their parachutes 1,000 meters above the ground. Their fall was captured on stunning video. All three suffered some frostbite on their cheeks, despite wearing heated helmets, said organizer Nikita Chaplin. As they fell at a speed of over 300 km/h, the air temperature, which was around -50 degrees Celsius, felt like -70 degrees Celsius. They landed near the Russian polar base Barneo, where Chaplin said they were able to power a server using diesel generators and connect […]
Source: News Beast
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