Cold weather advice from the Norwegian Armed Forces

[sardog1]

The U.S. and other countries regularly send troops to Norway for cold weather training (even including National Guard troops stationed in Minnesota. )
The Norwegian Armed Forces have some training materials available online in English that will be of use to folks contemplating hiking and camping in winter conditions. Among these:

Instruction in Winter Service Personnel Clothing

Instruction in winter service - Winter injuries

Frostbite and other injuries

 

[thegibba]

This is a treasure trove of useful information. Thanks for posting!

edit:

hmmm... soemthing doesnt add up in the frostbite and other injuries section.

according to google 1 kilojoule = 239.005736 calories. The article says "With moderate physical activity
metabolism increases to about 12,300 kilojoules per day" Unless Im missing something thats 2,939,770.5528 calories.

 

[jniehof]

according to google 1 kilojoule = 239.005736 calories. The article says "With moderate physical activity
metabolism increases to about 12,300 kilojoules per day" Unless Im missing something thats 2,939,770.5528 calories.

1kJ is 239 calories, lowercase, or .239 Calories. Some idiot decided that capital C means kilo in this case, and "food Calories" on nutritional information are cap-C.

 

[jrgagne99]

Put another way, the "Calories" on food nutrition labels in the US are actually kilo-calories. So a 2000 "Calorie" diet is actually 2,000,000 calories (lower case c) per day. Burning 2,900,000 calories in cold weather seems right.