2 plausable explanations:
The Soviets may have done some chemical experimenting in that region during the cold war.
Those folks think that if they can survive a Siberian winter, they can survive anything.
It must have some religious connotation for them, like God chooses a few to toss aside. If you make it home safe, you're still in good standing with the almighty one?
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