A Physiological Assessment of Arctic Sleeping Bags under Cold Weather Conditions

Arctic sleeping bags of two different designs were tested simultaneously over a period of four weeks using four test subjects sleeping overnight in the DREO cold chamber. Tests were conducted at ambient temperatures of -20 deg C and -40 deg C to compare the thermal protection afforded by each type o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nolan, Richard W., Cattroll, Stanley W.
Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Protective Equipment
*SLEEPING BAGS
*PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
*COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS
ARCTIC REGIONS
TEST METHODS
HUMANS
LOW TEMPERATURE
CANADA
EVALUATION
FOREIGN REPORTS
Arctic
Canada
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA018428
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA018428
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Summary:Arctic sleeping bags of two different designs were tested simultaneously over a period of four weeks using four test subjects sleeping overnight in the DREO cold chamber. Tests were conducted at ambient temperatures of -20 deg C and -40 deg C to compare the thermal protection afforded by each type of bag during repeated use. No significant differences between types of sleeping bag were found.

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