300 Club

The 300 Club is a small number of individuals who have endured a temperature difference of 300° Fahrenheit (166 °C) within a very short time. The group originated at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, and has since been established in North America.

The Ceremonial South Pole, which 300 Club participants must run around.

Participants in the Antarctic 300 Club wait for a day when the temperature drops to −100 °F (-73 °C) for more than a few minutes, generally in the winter. They first warm up in a sauna heated to 200 °F (93 °C) for as long as 10 minutes.[1] Then they run naked to the Geographic South Pole, circling it in the −100 °F weather.[2] After this, they usually warm up in the sauna again, often with the aid of alcoholic beverages.[3]

The first 300 Club outside of Antarctica was established on January 30, 2019 near Minneapolis, Minnesota during a polar vortex.[4] With an outside temperature of −27 °F (−33 °C), three men heated their backyard sauna to 280 °F (138 °C) and sat inside for 10 minutes. Upon exiting the sauna, they sprinted around a flagpole planted in honor of the South Pole tradition, and took a brief roll in the snow before returning to the sauna.[5]

There are several patches made to commemorate the occasion that are entitled to be worn by those who have joined the 300 Club.

The 200 Club

Another version, called 200 Club exists at the Russian Vostok Station located at the Pole of Cold where temperatures regularly reach as low as -80 °C (-112 °F). To join the club one must first endure the heat of the sauna at 120 °C (248 °F) and then spend at least 200 seconds outside the station at -80 °C.[6][7] The number 200 refers to the degree Celsius difference in temperature.

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See also

References
  1. "Week 37 300 Club".
  2. "South Pole's 300 Club not for the cold-blooded". Reuters.
  3. "There's exclusive clubs, then there's the South Pole's '300 Club'".
  4. "Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only "300 Club" in North America". Saunatimes. 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. 'Dad, Sons Join 300 Degree Club' KARE-11, January 30, 2019, retrieved 2020-02-02
  6. Ильин, Алексей (2017-12-16). "Тьма, тошнота и минус 80: как выживают в Антарктиде" (in Russian).
  7. Россия 24 (2016-10-10), Станция "Восток". На пороге жизни. Документальный фильм
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