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		chiph on June 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Surviving under water in an air bubble I'm curious how he didn't succumb to hypothermia. Circulating ocean water would conduct heat away from his body pretty quickly. Granted, he's near the equator, not the arctic, but still...

ars on June 14, 2013 [–]

I don't think the water was circulating all the much - it was inside the vessel. It was rising, but not circulating.

Also, he may have been able to stay out of it at least at first, till it rose.

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