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Cold Weather Research

Resources related to cold weather research,
clothing, cold injuries, and safe winter travel.

Traversing a Frozen Swamp Cold Weather Travel Boreal Forest in Winter

"As protection against the weather of their various seasons, the Eskimos have
developed on the whole better garments than probably any people in history."
— Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Arctic Manual, 1945)




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Cold Weather Research Resources

There are numerous research centers and universities world wide studying cold weather survival and cold weather travel. Cold weather survival is closely tied into both clothing design, cold weather engineering, and the cold weather injury research. Any individual who wants to travel safely into the wilderness in cold weather should have a solid grasp on these subjects.

Cold Injury Information and Treatment Resources

Those who travel in the cold should have an excellent knowledge of cold weather injuries. Everyone should have a basis knowledge of cold weather injury prevention and any guide, instructor, or group leader a Wilderness First Aid Course.

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