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Very typical responses to hypothermia by the casualties. Thanks for posting Standrewsharbour.

Success 😁👍, Christmas has come early! A virtual pint is awarded to AntarcticPilot for the suggestion at #45 - thank you sir! If...

They can detect much smaller changes than that, but not in real time - even back in the 1990s, changed of millimetres could be measured...

Especially as most such numbers are more to do with marketing than measurements!

Even the Volvo engine I have has at least one imperial fitting - the square on the anode holder is nominally ½" square.

The source used for the stubs isn't necessarily the best, though. For example, it uses the USGS Antarctic Gazetteer for Antarctic place...

It's generally good, but you always have to watch out for "facts" inserted by someone who once saw a Disney nature film! And of course...

So I need to trade in for a Moody 31 then!

I checked the entry for my Moody 31 mk 2, and it was broadly correct, but presented a lot of material in a simplistic and patronising...

Many place names on the Antarctic Peninsula were given by the de Gerlache expedition.

The Swallows and Amazon's called corned beef "pemmican", but of course pemmican as used by heroic age polar explorers is a bit...

This is one of the issues raised in the RIN report. The charts required for a navigation device for coded vessels needs to show the...

It's a very well-known phenomenon. Earth tides are just like sea tides, but much smaller amplitude. Not sure why they pick out Cornwall...

In most coastal areas, the ship or boats position would be determined trigonometrically using multiple cross bearings and horizontal...

Satellites can't do depth at the resolution and depths required for charting; it has to be a ship or boat survey. Swath bathymetry is...