Edited by Rachel Duncan 4th Edition ISBN 0-907649-91-2 London ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to the editors of the first edition of the Polar Expedition Handbook Geoff Renner and David
Rootes, were cheered by the response shown in the ready promise and timely arrival of contributions.
Latterly Crispin Day, Roger Daynes and then Rachel Duncan and Stephen Jones have attempted to bring
the handbook up to date, re-arranging, deleting and adding chapters. It retains its flat format with no
attempt at a hierarchy of subjects. The handbook can be dipped into at any stage and each chapter points
to other sources of information.
This latest much revised and pruned edition has been so, partly because much of the original material is
now readily available elsewhere or was not specifically polar in nature. The list of people who have
contributed in one way or another grows ever longer and their names are listed below. Although they may
not immediately recognise their contribution, thanks are due to all as without them this Polar Expedition
Handbook would have been impossible to produce.
We would all like to thank Kate Hartley and Tony Sylvester of the British Antarctic Survey for typing
the original manuscript and preparing the diagrams preparation:, and to the delightful and inspired
cartoon studies by Jean Vaughan.
For the specific chapters thanks must go to the following who contributed to a greater or lesser extent at
different times:
Original Foreword: Wally Herbert.
Polar Environment: Ian Ashwell, Crispin Day, Rachel Duncan, Tudor Morgan, Dave Rootes,
Marcus Beddoe.
Planning: Crispin Day, Dave Matthews, Dave Rootes.
Campcraft, Equipment
and Clothing: Roger Daynes, Rachel Duncan, Lewis Jones, Stephen Jones, Dave Matthews,
Cameron McNeish.
Food and Cooking: Rachel Duncan, Lewis Jones, Ian Milne.
Transport: Air: Stephen Jones, Anne Kershaw, Lewis Jones, Snowmobile: John Hall,
Ian Lovegrove, Oliver Shephard; Small boats: Dave Rootes; Sea Kayaking: Nigel
Harling; Sledge-hauling: Roger Daynes, Dave Fletcher, Dave Matthews;
Kites/Sails: Crispin Day; General: Tudor Morgan, Geoff Renner.
Communications: Freddie Church, Morag Howell, Stephen Jones, Anne Kershaw.
Navigation: Stephen Jones, Geoff Somers, Charles Swithinbank.
Safety: Tudor Morgan, Dave Rootes, Marcus Beddoe.
Medical: Derek Bielby, Bryan Dawson, John George, Chris Johnson, John Rayne.
Photography: Ray Collier, D Eisendrath, Kodak, Edwin Mickleburgh.
Science chapters now omitted: David Drewry, Julian Dowdeswell, Tony Escritt, John George
Brian Needham, Geoff Renner, David Walton, Jonathan Walton,
David Wynn-Williams.
The evolution of this handbook has been protracted in places and this edition is by no means final. It is
intentionally loosely bound so changes can be made easily. Please contact the Editors or the Expedition
Advisory Centre if you find obsolete information.
Rachel Duncan