scientific gibberish

[Victor Steinbok]

What does one mean when he says "twice as cold"?

http://goo.gl/3OFkG
> "Temps are dropping below -40 Celsius [-40 degrees Fahrenheit] and
> they have only a week or so left before they have to winterize the
> station," he said. "I can only imagine what things must be like at
> Vostok Station this week."...
> When the winter arrives in the next few weeks, the temperature can
> _get_twice_as_cold_. Vostok Station boasts the lowest recorded
> temperature on Earth: -89.4 degrees Celsius (-129 degrees Fahrenheit).

[facepalm]

     VS-)

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