A 44-year-old Swedish man named Peter Skyllberg He became, overnight, one of the most praised survivors and with one of the stories most impressive and extraordinary in recent years after spending 60 days trapped in his car in the snow.
Although it seems like a story worthy of a movie, Skyllberg defied all established limits and resisted for two months in conditions practically impossible for the human being. The Swede was trapped on December 19, 2012 under a large mass of snow that made it impossible to get out.
Among the numerous disadvantages and problems that Skyllberg encountered during 60 days, the lack of food It was one of the worst. In addition to standing almost all the time, the Swede revealed that he has consumed melted snow on some occasions to stay alive. Some doctors maintain that his metabolism would have adapted to the extreme conditions and he could have developed a kind of “hibernation”.
For his part, a doctor from Norrland University Hospital named Ulf Segerberg assures that the key to staying alive was the famous “igloo effect”, since by itself, the human being is not able to regulate its temperature when it is so low. This was reported in the first reports of the case. This phenomenon would cause your vehicle to be isolated from the cold outside between a mountain of snow that would cover it.
Although it was difficult to find the vehicle because it was half buried, was finally rescued. Two people who were in the Umeå area on snowmobiles saw what looked like a car under the snow, so they decided to dig.
Skyllberg, which was very weak, inside a sleeping bag and emaciatedin addition to having been on the verge of suffering hypothermia. When the Police heard about his case, they did not believe that the man had endured temperatures of up to -30°C and more, without any food.
In addition to the agents, numerous doctors and scientists investigated his case to study the limits of resistance and survival human in such extreme conditions. As stories like Skyllberg’s show us, the instinct and limits of the human being remain a mystery.