system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Avatar] Realistically, how long could you survive if a waterbender froze you in ice?
gpt
Without the power of the Avatar State to help you, or a fire/water bender's resistance to extreme temperatures?

Not very long at all. Frozen up to your neck, you'd be suffering frostbite and hypothermia rather swiftly. As your core temperature dropped, so would your heartbeat. Shivering wouldn't help you, as you couldn't move enough to generate any muscle heat. You'd be lucky to escape unharmed if you were thawed after a few minutes.

It would also be hard to breathe, as the ice would prevent the expansion of your chest to gather air.