# Frozen inside an ice cube

You are a mad, demented evil scientist getting revenge on John Smith, a secret agent that has thwarted your plans one too many times. Intent on making Mr Smith suffer, you decide to capture his family and imprison them in your ice-prison. This ice prison is simply a roughly 2m by 2m by 1m cuboid with a human body in the middle (or thin enough such that the outlines of the body is visible). Mr Smith will, upon your invitation, go to the abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere and see his family as frozen, human trophies of yours.

The question:

How do you freeze humans inside said ice cube with them staying alive?

Conditions:

• The ice surrounding the body must be entirely frozen

• A few holes and maybe an air bubble surrounding the face is fine

Also, if staying alive in such conditions is possible, how much air does a frozen person consume per hour, if any?

• How advanced technology do you have at your disposal? – Danijel Mar 4 '17 at 11:57
• I know that we have a few questions somewhere on air supply in cave systems; those may be of interest to you. – a CVn Mar 4 '17 at 12:02
• Water expands when freezing, even inside the body--which is why frostbite turns the affected part blue: the capillaries burst. Now expand this concept throughout the body. When you defrost them, you'll basically have a pile of soup. – nzaman Mar 4 '17 at 12:41

# You do not

How do you freeze humans inside said ice cube but them to remain alive?

Your cube contains at the very most $20 dm * 20 dm * 10 dm = 4,000 dm^3 = 4,000 liters$ of air, meaning that it holds about 4 000 breaths. Those will be expended in a few hours. And this is assuming you did not encase him in ice but made it an ice cell. So a breathing-tube is a requirement or he will die before you have even gotten the water to solidify.