Would you rather be stranded in the desert, or the arctic?

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Permalink Reply by Alyssa on May 24, 2012 at 2:24am

I would problably have to go with the desert, for a number of reasons.
1) I would rather be hot than cold
2) you're not supposed to eat snow if you are stranded because it can dehydrate you, whereas in the desert, you can drink any water you find.
3) water resources in the arctic are snow (which results in dehydration) and frozen ice. Water resources in the desert are mostly plants, an if you're lucky, you might come across a small puddle or something of water
4) predators in the desert are things like snakes or scorpions, something that will attack you ONLY IF you step onto it's territory, whereas predators in the arctic are predators that will attack you without reason or warning...like a polar bear...
5) .....I don't really know....honestly, I would rather be trapped somewhere in between burning hot and freezing cold....it's a place called Tennessee! 

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Permalink Reply by Rachel (Oobla) on July 13, 2012 at 4:33pm

It depends, really. If I am just going to be stranded with myself and whatever is on my person, I'd choose a desert. It'd be miserable, but I'd have a much better chance of living, assuming I could find cacti and shade (or had enough clothes to make shade) or had things with which I could make one of those condensation water collectors.

If I could be stranded with proper supplies -- like I was going there intentionally but got stranded unintentionally -- I'd choose the arctic. I would have supplies to start fires and melt snow, a tent to keep out of the weather in, thermal clothes, jerky, etc. In a properly-prepared situation, survival would probably be about even or maybe even better in the arctic because of the unending water supply.  And if I had to die, I'd much rather freeze to death.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Willson(Naricornrapter) on July 13, 2012 at 10:42pm

I would build an igloo and stay warm :)

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Permalink Reply by Kellie on July 19, 2012 at 12:28am

I'd rather be stranded in the artic. I think I'd be better off in the freezing cold than the burning hot. 

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Permalink Reply by Lysh Fish on July 25, 2012 at 12:02am

I would like to say I'd rather die freezing because maybe they can resuscitate me in 1000 years and that'd be cool (no pun intended). But I hate the cold, so. Probably the desert. 

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Permalink Reply by Bennett (Lizidermonk) on July 25, 2012 at 12:24am

The arctic, because, as Lysh Fish said, you could be resuscitated just like captain America.

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