Snow blindness and other eye problems during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration
During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, snow blindness was a common problem, but not all the descriptions of it lit the modern view of the disease, and some of the explorers complained of long-term problems. This article describes the snow blindness and other eye problems that occurred durin...
| Published in: | Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Elsevier
2012
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17916/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.wem.2011.10.006?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2011.10.006 |
| Summary: | During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, snow blindness was a common problem, but not all the descriptions of it lit the modern view of the disease, and some of the explorers complained of long-term problems. This article describes the snow blindness and other eye problems that occurred during this era. It also describes how snow blindness was prevented and treated. |
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