Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

Author: Gregory H. Bledsoe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-11-03

Total Pages: 750

ISBN-13: 0521868734

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"With an increase in visits to remote and dangerous locations around the world, the number of serious and fatal injuries and illnesses associated with these expeditions has markedly increased. Thus, so has the need for medical personnel trained specifically to handle the health risks that are faced when far removed from professional care resources." "Expedition and Wilderness Medicine covers everything a prospective field physician or medical consultant needs to prepare for when beginning an expedition. Divided into three parts "Expedition Planning," "Expeditions in Unique Environments," and "Illness and Injuries on Expeditions," - this unique book covers everything that the expedition physician needs to know."--BOOK JACKET.

Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments
Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments

Author: Kent B. Pandolf

Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13:

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Describes and illustrates the medical conditions caused by heat and cold, including topics ranging from heat illness prevention to the treatment of hypothermia. Provides historical background and current information on the physiology, physical derangements, psychology, prevention, and treatment of heat- and cold-related environmental illnesses and injuries. Contains a color atlas of cold injuries and their treatment.

The Soviet Arctic
The Soviet Arctic

Author: Pier Horensma

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 113493663X

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The Soviet Arctic is the first book to consider Soviet policy in this area from an historian's point of view. Horensma assesses the importance of historic legacies to current Soviet Arctic policy and their consequences on an international level. The book also discusses the significance of historic precedents in the determination of polar sovereignty.

Meta Incognita: a discourse of discovery - volume 2
Meta Incognita: a discourse of discovery - volume 2

Author: Thomas H. B. Symons

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1772824348

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The Meta Incognita Project was initiated to cast new light on the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher and their significance for the histories of North America and Britain. Although the Elizabethan venture failed to discover a northwest passage to mines and precious metals, and to establish a colony in the future Canadian Arctic, it left valuable legacies.