The cover of the Polar Manual,
4th edition, 1965
How
many of you like to adventure in the winter wilderness? How many of you have ever read the Polar
Manual, Fourth Edition, 1965, by Captain Earland E. Hedblom, MS, USN? Come on, be honest now, raise your hands?
If
the answer is a “yes” followed by a “no”, then you are in luck because I am
going to talk about a book that you have to read! In fact, you should take notes: I know that I
did.
This
book should have been titled, the Polar Manual, How to Survive and Have Fun When
It’s Cold! Most modern adventurers
probably haven’t read this book, which is a shame because it is an excellent
book, full of timeless and interesting tidbits, tips and “do’s and don’t’s” on
winter, Arctic and Antarctic camping.
Now the reason most people haven’t read this is because the 4th
Edition of the Polar Manual, 1965, is a hard book to find. I know, because I looked and only found one
copy for sale, world-wide, and I bought it!
But don’t despair, there is an excellent PDF, provided by www.archive.org,
found HERE. This is a great PDF, I
downloaded and printed it, studied, wrote notes and generally enjoyed it; long
before I found a copy for my library.
Recently, I started to re-read the 4th edition of the Polar Manual and I thought I would bring it to your attention. Now, notice that I specified 4th edition, because there is a big difference between editions. I have a copy of the 1960, 2nd edition and it only has 124 pages, while the 1965, 4th edition has 163 pages, that is 25% more!
Where is the Arctic and sub-arctic, an excerpt from the Polar Manual, 4th edition, 1965 |
The
Polar Manual covers Arctic and Antarctic geography, physiology, hygiene, heat
conservation, clothing, nutrition, sanitation, cold injuries, survival and many
other topics. But you don’t have to be
in the Antarctic or Arctic areas to use this valuable information, you can be
anywhere, wherever it is cold in the winter, like the northern temperate zone
and most of Europe, the United States and United Kingdom!
In
future posts, I will write in more detail about the information that is found
in the Polar Manual, but to whet your appetite, I hope that you enjoy the
excerpts below.
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That
is all for now, and as always, until next time, Happy Trails!
Sources
Hedblom,
Captain Earland E. MC, USN; Polar Manual, Fourth Edition, [National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MA, 1965], p. 37, https://ia800305.us.archive.org/33/items/PolarManual4thEd1965/Polar%20Manual%204th%20ed%20%281965%29.pdf, accessed 12/07/2019
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