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    213 days ago

    You know you can launch satilites that cover the arctic right? Or you making some claim about the cold and the batteries.

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        12 days ago

        I mean, -60 is extremely unusual even in the high arctic, but the point stands at “just” -40.

        It’s usually more a matter of designers not bothering with severe cold conditions than any fundamental issue. In a pinch, I imagine just getting an FPV drone up to temperature in a tent or sleeping bag would give you a bit of range. For more, you’d need to insulate it and add a little internal heater, but that seems doable.

        Most of what happens in the arctic is going to involve long-distance gas (or nuclear) powered equipment anyway. It’s big and sparsely populated.