On the role of the weather in the deaths of R. F. Scott and his companions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 13012-13016

  Solomon, Susan ^a,c   Stearns, Charles R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; DEATH; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; WEATHER;

EID: 0033539694     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.23.13012     Document Type: Article

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