>> Has anyone ever considered acclimatization as a factor in this? >> During Paul Schurke's Bering Bridge Expedition several years ago, acclimatization to cold was studied by, among other things, putting a subject's hand into icewater and then measuring blood flow or something like that. Though I don't remember the details, I remember Schurke saying that the non-Inuit members of the expedition did show increased acclimatization to cold over the course of the expedition. The prize, however, went to the Inuit doctor on the expedition, whose hands stayed so warm during the test that they kept melting the ice in the icewater! In Minnesota, you see this acclimatization late in every winter, when as soon as the temperature rises above freezing, people start unzipping their jackets or not wearing them at all. Your mileage may vary, of course. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 11 2000 - 13:13:05 PST
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