Extreme Cold and the Human Body

Magnussen said:
Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht (aka Professor Popsicle) has done decades of research on the effects of extreme cold on the human body. His studies have cleared up many misconceptions people have about the survival rate of exposure and cold water immersion. Here is a an article that was featured in Outside Magazine.

http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200212/200212_popsicle_splash.html

Rick
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I saw some stuff by him during my WFR course. He's got a pretty cool job.

ooh that was bad :barf:
 
I suppose this may be a chance to relate something-

I had a grade school teacher named Brian Brasher. He was one of the people aboard a small plane that crash landed into the Bering Sea near Alaska. No one had ever lived after crashing into the Bering sea before, but everyone aboard was rescued. The cached article I found on it said the water was 36 degrees, and expected survival time in that water is 15-20 minutes. My former teacher was the last one to be rescued, after spending 65-70 minutes in it.

News story.
 
Thanks for posting that mate, was very interesting.

"Can you give me a for instance?" hahaha...Canadians
 
I met him once, only to shake hands. I attended U. Manitoba for my masters.
Magnussen - I never realized we are almost neighbhors....We should eat a perch dinner at the carbarn sometime!
 
I one time spent an hour in a pool that was not heated and it was snowing outside. It was cold but I just kept moving and kept my mind off it. No one believed that I would do it so I did.
 
jh205 said:
"Can you give me a for instance?" hahaha...Canadians
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What?.... That statement makes perect sense to me, eh..... :p (snicker snicker.)



kgd said:
I never realized we are almost neighbhors....We should eat a perch dinner at the carbarn sometime!
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Are you a drop-dead gorgeous blonde bombshell with large aspirations?

Okay. ;)







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I would not want to have to survive in the winter in the woods. I have made snow caves before, but something like having no shoes would kill you. Ughh.
 
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