Chapter Contents
CHAPTER 16 High Elevation First Aid
Acclimatization • Hypobaric hypoxia • High altitude illness • Acute mountain sickness (AMS) • High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) • High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) • Cold injuries • Sunlight injuries • Carbon monoxide (CO) • Psychological effects • Dehydration • Illnesses & injuries (table)
CHAPTER 17 Glaciers & Glacier Hiking
Glacial movement • Types • Dangers • Crevasses • Valley glaciers • Glacial hiking • Glacier & moraine travel • Glacial rivers • Katabatic wind • Glacial cave • Problems • Crossing a bridge • Jumping over a crevasse
CHAPTER 18 Winter Hiking
Impact • Weather terms • Snow types • Travel • Hiking • Choice of trail • Frozen waterway travel • Falling into water • Spring travel • Winter camp • Snow construction • Animal tracks • Travel conditions • Speed of travel • Snowshoes • Navigation • Direction indicators • Finding water • First aid • Personal hygiene • Shock • Body parasites • Dehydration • Constipation • Frostbite • Hypothermia • Wind chill • Sunburn • Trenchfoot • Snow blindness • Carbon monoxide (CO)
CHAPTER 19 Winter Clothing
Emergency bag • Layer principle • Canadian army arctic parka • Footwear • Emergency insulation • Clothing & keeping warm • Sleeping bag maintenance
CHAPTER 20 Arctic & Subarctic Travel
Humans - Arctic • Supplies • Travel • Northern atmosphere • Arctic & Subarctic weather phenomena • Aurora Borealis • Winds • Clouds • Permafrost • Polar day • Arctic sea smoke • Soundtransmission