The Jatte had long ago discovered that cold would preserve once-living things considerably longer than open exposure allowed.
It might not have resisted evaporation even this long if the cold hadn't preserved it for the few additional minutes vital to keeping the two men alive.
Dying soldiers in winter had injected ampules of it and been revived days or weeks later, where the cold had preserved them.
The cold had preserved the scene well.
The snow and cold has pretty well preserved the body.
The cold had preserved her, kept her as fresh as if she had been in a freezer.
They are even more dramatic because the dry cold of the Andes has preserved them exquisitely.
The snow and cold had preserved the dead and they looked so life-like it was hard to believe they had been dead for three months.
It was as hard as tar in the cold, and still bright red because the cold had preserved it.
The cold had preserved the ship.