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Source: I've fallen through ice into freezing water (in Canada, January, temps about -15 to -20 C, no wind that day). I got out, and then walked home over the course of about an hour. "On their way to freezing" is right, but the stages of hypothermia are honestly pretty forgiving. You don't (usually) just drop dead