How long does it take for sea water in antarctica to freeze?

Answer 1

Frostbite may take a few minutes to set in, but frost-nip is a threat whenever one is out of doors in Antarctica.

Specifically, the length of time it takes for frostbite -- stage one, two or three -- to occur depends on the individual, on the temperature below zero and wind to which the person is exposed.

According to the Modern Survival Blog, with constant wind and temperatures in the mid-50 to mid-70 degrees below zero F, frostbite can occur within about five minutes.

Answer 2

Dressed in clothes that you would normally wear in an urban populated city during the summer, you would freeze enough to begin suffering hypothermia in about 14 minutes, which would quickly make you sleepy enough to lie down. You body would be frozen solid in a few number of hours.

If you wore winter survival gear, it may take a little longer for hypothermia to set in, and again, death would occur, just a little later.

Answer 3

Freezing takes place instantly, molecule by molecule, depending on the temperature and the content of the liquid being frozen.

For example, underwater in Antarctica, fresh water freezes at a higher temperature than does the sea water which contains minerals lowering its freezing point. A column of fresh water may freeze before your eyes, dropping a drape of ice through the sea water.

Eventually, when the temperature lowers enough to freeze the sea ice, all the sea ice is frozen.

Answer 4

Freezing of any water takes place in an instant. The sea ice in the Southern Ocean freezes from about February to about October. Time simply deepens the ice on the frozen sea.

Answer 5

Without a protective layer of clothing, this would take about fourteen minutes.

Answer 6

Freezing -- 32 degrees F or 0 degrees C is the answer you want.