Trial Run: A Test of an Unconventional Concept for Trials of Cold-Weather Clothing
This paper discusses the failings of conventional small-scale exercises and trials of new and in-use equipment and clothing for cold weather, and suggests a new type of trial. This trial concept was tested during a seven hundred kilometre, eight day patrol by snowmobile in the Canadian North. Compar...
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1986
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Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA176692 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA176692 |
Summary: | This paper discusses the failings of conventional small-scale exercises and trials of new and in-use equipment and clothing for cold weather, and suggests a new type of trial. This trial concept was tested during a seven hundred kilometre, eight day patrol by snowmobile in the Canadian North. Compared to a previous, more conventional trial, a more rigorous test of clothing and equipment is shown to have resulted. Observations of performance incentives and behaviour as they pertain to the concept of the trial are discussed. Keywords: ARCTIC REGIONS, COLD INJURIES, COLD WEATHER CLOTHING, COLD WEATHER TESTS, FROSTBITE, HUMAN FACTORS, INCENTIVES, MILITARY TRAINING, MOTIVATION. Abstract in French. |
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