X-Message-Number: 26172 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 23:36:21 -0400 From: Keith Henson <> Subject: Re: Greenland Burial Plots? At 09:00 AM 12/05/05 +0000, Randolfe Wicker <> wrote: snip >Being buried in Greenland, "a poor man's cryonics", would help promote the >idea that one's body lasts longer at lower temperatures. This is a kind >of "home remedy" answer to real science. > >Of course, once anyone begins researching the subject, it becomes obvious >that "colder is better". That leads to serious scientific cryonics. > >I can see a "big debate" developing if people did start buying burial >plots in Greenland (or another artic region) because they thought the >slower (or less) they decayed, the greater chance they would have of >coming back. snip It's possibly an ok idea if done right. One of the bodies from the Franklin expedition was examined if I remember correctly and while he looked intact, there was little micro structure left. Cryoprotectives would not help because they would keep things liquid and moving around even worse than straight freezing. It has been kicked around for many years, but a combination of chemical fixation and natural cold storage just might be enough. If you didn't store anything valuable along with the patients, security should be minimal. Greenland has serious problems though, it is not obvious that the ice is going to stay. If I were going to serious consider this, I would look for an old hard rock mine to use. To keep it as cold as possible, I would install a thermal diode, a heat pipe that returns the liquid to the bottom when it is colder outside than in. It would take a considerable market though to reduce the cost below what regular cryoncis costs. Keith Henson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26172