Skin temperature, thermal comfort, sweating, clothing and activity of men sledging in Antarctica

1. Three men were studied while dog-sledging 320 km in 12 days in Antarctica. Conventional Antarctic clothing (`sweaters and windproofs') was worn. Four hundred observations were made of medial thigh skin temperature, thermal comfort, sweating, clothing, activity and environmental conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Budd, G. M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1395890
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5914254
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Summary:1. Three men were studied while dog-sledging 320 km in 12 days in Antarctica. Conventional Antarctic clothing (`sweaters and windproofs') was worn. Four hundred observations were made of medial thigh skin temperature, thermal comfort, sweating, clothing, activity and environmental conditions.