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Antarctica records record low temperature

By Justin Salhani
With remote-sensing satellites, scientists have found the coldest places on Earth, just off a ridge in the East Antarctic Plateau. The coldest of the cold temperatures dropped to minus 135.8 F (minus 93.2 C) -- several degrees colder than the previous record. (UPI/Ted Scambos/National Snow and Ice Data Center)
With remote-sensing satellites, scientists have found the coldest places on Earth, just off a ridge in the East Antarctic Plateau. The coldest of the cold temperatures dropped to minus 135.8 F (minus 93.2 C) -- several degrees colder than the previous record. (UPI/Ted Scambos/National Snow and Ice Data Center)

Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists announced the lowest-ever temperature on Earth was recorded on the East Antarctica Plateau in August 2010 at negative 93 degrees Celsius.

Ice scientist Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced the discovery on December 9. The data was measured by satellites, meaning it won't go in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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However, other scientists dispute Scamobs recordings. β€œIt is incorrect to declare a temperature record based on satellite data,” Vyacheslav Martyanov, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition's logistics center said.

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