| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Thermal requirements for surviving a mass rescue incident in the Arctic: project update (PDF, 240 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Boileau, Renee1; Search for: Ducharme, Michel B.; Search for: Cheung, Stephen; Search for: Mak, Lawrence1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Ocean Technology
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | ICETECH 2010, International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structure in Ice, September 20-23, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska |
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| Subject | Arctic survival; thermal protection; long-term heat loss; thermal models; thermal manikins |
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| Abstract | Passengers on cruise ships and aircraft traveling through the Arctic could expect to wait days for rescue, depending on weather and availability of large rescue craft. However, current standards do not specify thermal insulation for the equipment such as SOLAS immerison suits or a Canadaian Forces air-droppable survival kit that may be available to survivors. "MASSERT" is conducting a 3-year Transport Canada/SAR NIF-funded study to refine and validate long-term survival models and to recommend suitable thermal protection systems based on human experiments conducted in simulated arctic conditions in a lifeboat or air-droppable tent. |
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| Publication date | 2010-09-20 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 17653043 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 91a68f44-9763-49f7-80cb-3e3357694ef4 |
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| Record created | 2011-03-31 |
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| Record modified | 2020-06-15 |
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