Thermal requirements for surviving a mass rescue incident in the Arctic: project update

Passengers on cruise ships and aircraft traveling through the Arctic could expect to wait days for rescue, depending on weather and availability of large rescue craft. However, current standards do not specify thermal insulation for the equipment such as SOLAS immerison suits or a Canadaian Forces a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boileau, Renee, Ducharme, Michel B., Cheung, Stephen, Mak, Lawrence
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Arctic survival
thermal protection
long-term heat loss
thermal models
thermal manikins
Arctic
Canada
Online Access:https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/accepted/?id=91a68f44-9763-49f7-80cb-3e3357694ef4
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Summary:Passengers on cruise ships and aircraft traveling through the Arctic could expect to wait days for rescue, depending on weather and availability of large rescue craft. However, current standards do not specify thermal insulation for the equipment such as SOLAS immerison suits or a Canadaian Forces air-droppable survival kit that may be available to survivors. "MASSERT" is conducting a 3-year Transport Canada/SAR NIF-funded study to refine and validate long-term survival models and to recommend suitable thermal protection systems based on human experiments conducted in simulated arctic conditions in a lifeboat or air-droppable tent. Peer reviewed: Yes NRC publication: Yes

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