Hypothermia
From an almost TOO elaborate and expressive exploration of the impact of hypothermia from Peter Stark:
"Driving out of town, defroster roaring, you barely noted the bank thermometer on the town square: minus 27 degrees at 6:36. The radio weather report warned of a deep mass of arctic air settling over the region. The man who took your money at the Conoco station shook his head at the register and said he wouldn't be going anywhere tonight if he were you. You smiled. A little chill never hurt anybody with enough fleece and a good four-wheel-drive.It only gets better from there, exploring how cold and humanity have never quite gotten along, in the process examining how in 1980, sixteen men were rescued after an hour and a half in the north sea -- though after getting a hot drink on the rescue ship, they mysteriously all proceeded to dropped dead, in unison. Isn't biology cool?But now you're stuck. Jamming the gearshift into low, you try to muscle out of the drift. The tires whine on ice-slicked snow as headlights dance on the curtain of frosted firs across the road. Shoving the lever back into park, you shoulder open the door and step from your heated capsule. Cold slaps your naked face, squeezes tears from your eyes."