Our North - SSE Policy Update Megathread

[Blackadder1916]

Skinny folks die.

Those not carrying extra body fat may be at a disadvantage if not taking in the necessary daily calories required to live, work and fight in the North, but my experience is it's not the skinny who die (or suffer cold injury) but the stupid. Common sense rules. Stay dry and rested. Eat, but more importantly, drink fluids (but don't eat snow - it's inefficient). Of examples given in the article of causes of cold injuries, they are basic things - not changing wet socks, not using all parts of kit, not reading the terrain. Nothing to do with body fat. While I've been lucky in not having encountered any deaths due to the cold, I have seen a few serious cold injuries. The most memorable incidents happened not in the Arctic but in BC and Wainwright (during a "summer" WAINCON). All due to the stupidity of the injured, but in one incident (during my BOTC) exacerbated by the stupidity of the DS.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Those not carrying extra body fat may be at a disadvantage if not taking in the necessary daily calories required to live, work and fight in the North, but my experience is it's not the skinny who die (or suffer cold injury) but the stupid. Common sense rules. Stay dry and rested. Eat, but more importantly, drink fluids (but don't eat snow - it's inefficient). Of examples given in the article of causes of cold injuries, they are basic things - not changing wet socks, not using all parts of kit, not reading the terrain. Nothing to do with body fat. While I've been lucky in not having encountered any deaths due to the cold, I have seen a few serious cold injuries. The most memorable incidents happened not in the Arctic but in BC and Wainwright (during a "summer" WAINCON). All due to the stupidity of the injured, but in one incident (during my BOTC) exacerbated by the stupidity of the DS.

Yes - Olive Oil is a sports drink

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Those not carrying extra body fat may be at a disadvantage if not taking in the necessary daily calories required to live, work and fight in the North, but my experience is it's not the skinny who die (or suffer cold injury) but the stupid. Common sense rules. Stay dry and rested. Eat, but more importantly, drink fluids (but don't eat snow - it's inefficient). Of examples given in the article of causes of cold injuries, they are basic things - not changing wet socks, not using all parts of kit, not reading the terrain. Nothing to do with body fat. While I've been lucky in not having encountered any deaths due to the cold, I have seen a few serious cold injuries. The most memorable incidents happened not in the Arctic but in BC and Wainwright (during a "summer" WAINCON). All due to the stupidity of the injured, but in one incident (during my BOTC) exacerbated by the stupidity of the DS.

I worked doing mining exploration in -50, thanks to our stupid boss, 9/10th of the day was staying alive and warming extremities. Our skidoos and equipment suffered terribly in that cold.