[PDF] The Development Of Rescue And Survival Techniques In The North American Arctic eBook

Author : Air University (U.S.). Aerospace Studies Institute. Documentary Research Division
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Aircraft survival equipment
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Study undertaken to provide background material on the operations of search and rescue units during World War II in the North American Arctic, and to outline post-war developments (to 1950). Explores search, rescue and survival techniques in northern areas with particular emphasis on Alaska, but includes Greenland and the North Atlantic. Includes historical information, maps, photographs and bibliography.

Author : Belmore Browne
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
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ISBN : 9780989751209

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Belmore Browne, artist and mountaineer, prepared engaging, meticulous poster-sized illustrations and extensive, informative lectures for the training of survival techniques in northern climates to USAAF and USAF airmen during World War II and the Korean War. Never previously available to the public, these remarkable reproductions of 38 diagrams by one of America's great illustrators, demonstrate a unique combination of artistry and outdoor survival skills. The lectures and other writings fully explore the challenges and techniques for the crash-landed airman or the Boy Scout or weekend explorer. This book is a rich combination of practical outdoors information, history and creativity from a renaissance man of the 20th century. Assembled and edited by the granddaughter of Belmore Browne from family and other archival collections. Hardcover; large format, 10.5" x 13.75"; 152 pages; printed USA.

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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
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ISBN : 9780989751216

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Belmore Browne, artist and mountaineer, prepared engaging, meticulous poster-sized illustrations and extensive, informative lectures for the training of survival techniques in northern climates to USAAF and USAF airmen during World War II and the Korean War. Never previously available to the public, these remarkable reproductions of 38 diagrams by one of America's great illustrators, demonstrate a unique combination of artistry and outdoor survival skills. The lectures and other writings fully explore the challenges and techniques for the crash-landed airman or the Boy Scout or weekend explorer. This book is a rich combination of practical outdoors information, history and creativity from a renaissance man of the 20th century. Assembled and edited by the granddaughter of Belmore Browne from family and other archival collections. Papaerback, perfect binding; large format, 10.5" x 13.75"; 152 pages; printed USA.

Author : William Matthew Leary
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
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It combines page-turning adventure with a detailed inside look at the U.S.-Soviet race to conquer the Arctic at the height of the Cold War.

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Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1405933917

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THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE for anyone who thinks they'd survive the world's most hostile environments - or at least imagine they could do. ----------------------------- First issued to airmen in the 1950s, the Air Ministry's Sea Survival guide includes original and authentic emergency advice to crew operating over the ocean. With original illustrations and text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era. Packed with original line drawings and instruction in: - The best faces to pull to prevent frostbite and when you can expect bits of you to 'fall off', should you fail - How to build a structurally sound igloo - How to fashion a mask to prevent snowblindness Focussing on the harshest of situations one can find oneself in, Arctic Survival is one of four reprints of The Air Ministry's emergency survival pamphlets. Others include: Jungle Survival Desert Survival Arctic Survival