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The Study of Man's Reaction to a Polar Climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Brian Roberts
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Studies of the avenues by which heat is lost from the human body are of basic importance in the understanding of man's reaction to a polar climate. The following notes aim to draw attention to some of the more important physiological work that has recently been published in this field.

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Polar Record , Volume 4 , Issue 26 , July 1943, pp. 63 - 69
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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