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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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.