frostbite

Eleven of the 12 men and boys who spoke to the BBC - including a 13-year-old - eventually lost limbs to frostbite.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Chmielewski, who was also admitted to hospital with frostbite, further suggests that decisions were made haphazardly during the expedition, and that the company appeared unprepared.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

"I spoke to the doctors -- he has some frostbite, but otherwise seems okay," Pemba Sherpa added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Or do I help my fellow climber, who's got no oxygen, frostbite in his fingers, and obviously you're never far off hypothermia up there?"

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

He knows his hands will soon get frostbite and then he won’t be able to grip the oars.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

"We are managing his frostbites, cold injuries, hydration and trauma. He is being further evaluated and will be in our ICU."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Second-and third-degree frostbites are treated like burns; sometimes victims are hospitalized.

From Time Magazine Archive

The living wildlings Jon sent off to have their wounds and frostbites tended.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

We slept hour after hour, ate a little, tended our frostbites, inflammations, and bruises, mindspoke, slept again.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

So bitter was the cold that, though thus actively employed, the noses and cheeks of all the men were white by frostbites.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles

In other words, “North Country” seems to be a waxing philosophical in the “True Detective” tradition, but the end-of-the-earth environs inspire thoughts that are tied more to Indigenous myths and frostbit hallucinations.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

“The Cro-Magnon” look, he calls it — wide forehead, frostbit eyes, a chin so square it must make mathematicians swoon.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2018

His frostbit ears are still sensitive today, 50 years later.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2017

“I didn’t bite you once! You can keep your underdrawers. Gawdalmighty, them pants is wet, ain’t they? You ain’t frostbit, are you?”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Next morning the ends of my toes were so frostbit by the extreme cold of the country, that I could no longer go barefooted.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

To the roaring fire set, frostbiting would seem a study in self-torture.

From Time Magazine Archive

It appears that frostbiting has not changed much in 340 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There are lots of fancy ideas about the motivation for starting frostbiting," says Knapp.

From Time Magazine Archive

We started facing a very keen, frostbiting wind.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

A minor misstep or bout of ill-preparation comes with dire consequences, from the slightest of ankle sprains to bygone absent frostbitten fingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

"The sledge has got back. We heard the sad details. Jeff has badly bitten frostbitten hands. We are not taking any more risks to recover," the report reads the day after the accident.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

“When you get down to people who get really frostbitten and really at risk of losing digits, it’s pretty uncommon,” Dr. Stockbridge said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

One particular tale from “Chinese Menu” tells of how dumplings once apparently cured a village’s frostbitten ears.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2024

Some of the men began to cry in their despair; some shouted curses to the wind through cracked and frostbitten lips.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong