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From: rieka@ames.UUCP (Rieka E. McCain)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: Wind Chill Factor?
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Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 17:56:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 13 17:56:52 1984
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I remember reading a book about Little America (the one at the South
Pole, not the town in Wyoming) in which the scientists there, some time
in the fifties, empirically derived the wind chill charts and extrapolated
the values on out past the point at which the subject would have suffered
irrepairable injury (unlike the German WWII experiments on survival time
of downed fliers).
If anyone is really interested in the subject (now is the time to get those
winter survival skills together- before snow falls), I would suggest getting
a copy of Mountaineering Medicine or Mountaineering, the freedom of the 
Hills or hitting up the National Ski Patrol for a copy of the Winter Mount-
aineering Handbook. Best of all, Signup for a NSPS winter Mountaineering
course and you get a chance to practice what you learn. (survival in the
mountains is too important to be left to "I remember reading...")
Notice: I am not necessarily advocating that you JOIN the NSPS, as part
of their public service type stuff they offer the course to anyone.
Even paid professional ski-patrollers and mountaineering guides take their
courses...
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