The first Antarctic winter in tents: The Joint Services Expedition to Brabant Island (Part 3)

• Published in: Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service
• Main Author: Oakley, E. H. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ 1987
• Subjects: General Medicine; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pyramid; Brabant; Brabant Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jrnms-73-43; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/jrnms-73-43

Summary The final part of the account of this expedition describes experience and assessments of shelters, clothing, methods of travel, etc. Although the team lived throughout the winter in tents, a cardboard hut proved invaluable and easy to transport by air. The most robust design of tent was the...