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18 RGS-IBG Polar Expeditions Manual Addresses for Environmental Impact Assessment requirements: Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora (CAFF) CAFF International Secretariat, Hafnarstraeti 97 600, Akureyri, Iceland Tel: +354 462 3350, fax: +354 462 3390 Email: caff@caff.is Website: www.caff.is International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR) Orchard Road, PO Box 14–199, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 358 4450, fax: +64 3 358 4480. Antarctic Protected Areas list and research information. Email: ssmith@icair.iac.org.nz http://icair.iac.org.nz Polar Regions Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street, <strong>London</strong> SW1A 2AH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7270 2614, fax: +44 (0)20 7270 2086. Arctic and Antarctic Advice and Antarctic permits. Website: www.fco.gov.uk Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1223 336540, fax: +44 (0)1223 336549. Excellent library and expedition resources. Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk Website: www.spri.cam.ac.uk United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Longum Park, Service Box 706, N-4808 Arendal, Norway. Tel: +47 3703 5650, fax: +47 3703 5050. Arctic Protected Area list. Email: grid@grida.no Website: www.grida.no/ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP–WCMC) 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1223 277314, fax: +44 (0)1223 277136. Information and databases on polar protected areas and species distribution. Email: info@unep-wcmc.org Website: www.unep-wcmc.org/
Campcraft, Equipment and Clothing 19 Chapter 3: CAMPCRAFT, EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING 3.1. Campcraft Life in the field on a polar expedition is the only true way to experience the wonder of the land in all its moods and to appreciate the tremendous beauty of the landscape. Living comfortably and safely in the field demands considerable attention to detail, practice and rehearsal of techniques and adherence to a workable routine. There are three main requirements for ensuring comfort and success: • Keep things simple. If you need to take technical items, then make sure you are totally familiar with their use and can make do if they go wrong; • Make sure everything is repairable, and take a comprehensive repair kit. But remember that fingers can get very cold very quickly; • Keep clothing and equipment dry. The techniques of polar camping have not altered dramatically since the days of Nansen, Scott and Shackleton, but the advances in the technology of fabrics and equipment design over recent years mean that the modern polar traveller can enjoy undreamt of comfort and security compared to the early pioneers. Relative comfort can be found within the security of the tent even in the coldest weather so long as care is taken to observe certain precautions and follow a sensible routine. Fortunately modern clothing and equipment allow considerably more comfort than the early pioneers were able to enjoy: The trouble is sweat and breath. I never knew how much of the body’s waste comes out through the pores of the skin. On the most bitter days, when we had to camp before we had done a four hour march in order to nurse back our frozen feet, it seemed that we must be sweating. And all this sweat, instead of passing away through the porous wool of our clothing and gradually drying off us, froze and accumulated. It passed just away from our flesh and then became ice, we shook plenty of snow and ice down from inside our trousers every time we changed our foot-gear, and we could have shaken it from our vests and shirts, but of course we could not strip to this extent. But when we got into our sleeping bags, if we were fortunate, we became warm enough during the night to thaw this ice; part remained in our clothes, part passed into the skins of our sleeping bags, and soon both were sheets of armour plate. Apsley Cherry-Garrard The Worst Journey in the World Much of the rest of this chapter pertains to the peculiarities of camping in snow conditions. The basic principle of “Inside” and “Outside” man was established in Captain Scott’s day, refined during the 1934-36 British Graham Land Expedition and fine-tuned <strong>by</strong> the British Antarctic Survey. Experience has shown this system to work well for polar camping excursion though the option exists to adapt and modify to suit your own requirements or situation.
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