Literature

[Martti]

Here is a list of literature I found useful and at the same time available online.

General

Arctic Manual, Volume I
Arctic Manual, Volume II
Cold Injuries in Korea During Winter of 1950-1951

[URL="http://books.google.fi/books?id=mFMLAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA200#v=onepage&q&f=false"]General principles governing selection of clothing for cold climates (pg. 200-)[/URL]
Some Practical Advices on Cold Weather Clothing

United States Army Clothing Almanac Western U.S.S.R
United States Army Clothing Almanac Northern Europe
United States Army Clothing Almanac Canada

Technical

Effect of Moisture on Transfer of Heat Through Insulating Materials
Benchmarking Functionality of Historical Cold Weather Clothing
Thermal Insulation of Air Force Clothing

 

[ged]

Your first link is to Volume II, not Volume I.

 

[Martti]

Your first link is to Volume II, not Volume I.

Corrected.

 

[Wayland]

That's really useful.

Most of my reading materials are hard copy books but I'll try to put together a list when I have some time and post it here.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Korean War -30degs, crazy conditions.

http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/homefront/p_cold_injury.htm

 

[ged]

Some useful stuff here:

http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/publications-and-links/antarctica-nz-publications

 

[ged]

And this is a good read for a little perspective:

http://ridgerunnersurvival.tripod.com/da1.htm

 

[Martti]

Some rudimentary winter skills depicted by United States Army films from the 1950s and onwards. The scenes and techniques could be well be from Finland so it is not a surprise that the Army developed their methods and equipment based on Finnish instructors after the Second World War.

http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.29648 (Combat in Deep Snow and Extreme Cold)
http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.28925 (Sub-Arctic Winter Bivouacking)
http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.65021 (Prevention of Cold Injury)

 

[udamiano]

Thanks for all these links folks, keep them coming

 

[Man of Tanith]

just what i need to keep myself occupied over the next couple of night shifts thanks very much for all these links

 

[RonW]

Thanks guys!
Some really usefull info here!

 

[Humpback]

Not available on the 'net but I bought for 78c from the US plus £4 postage a secondhand copy of "A Snow Walker's Companion" by Garrett and Alexandra Conover through Amazon.
Only arrived today and on first flick through it is a mine of information even includes plans for arctic clothing. Excellent buy.
Alan

 

[Teepee]

A great source of info for all things snowy and cold- http://wintertrekking.com/

 

[Martti]

A continuation to the Arctic Manual, Polar Manual. Contains same kind of information as the previous manual but with updated technical specs to e.g. clothing materials.

 

[Martti]

The current issue Finnish Defence Forces "Winter Training Manual" is also available online. Although you might do not know Finnish there are still great illustrations on its pages; pg. 88 (tying a tent), pg. 93-100 (shelters), pg. 140-141 (ski strechers) . All the page numbers are according to the PDF's and not the original's numbering.

 

[Wayland]

Not quite "literature" but I thought it would be a useful idea to include a link to the Snow Holing Article elsewhere on the site.