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Avalanche Handbook

McClung David Schaerer Peter
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780898868098
Publisert
2006-10-15
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Mountaineers Books
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
McClung David
Schaerer Peter

Biographical note

With more than 40 years experience studying avalanches, PETER SCHAERER spent most of his career as a senior research officer and head of the Avalanche Research Center of the National Research Council of Canada. He was instrumental in forming the Canadian Avalanche Association and in setting up professional avalanche training programs in western Canada. DAVID McCLUNG is a professor in the Department of Geography and leader of the avalanche research group at the University of British Columbia. He has 35 winters of field experience and has published more than 150 technical articles on alpine snow and avalanches.

Avalanche Handbook

McClung David Schaerer Peter
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
McClung David Schaerer Peter
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
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*The text used by search and rescue professionals, ski patrol groups, and outdoor education programs Technical yet accessible, The Avalanche Handbook, 3rd Edition, covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; rescue techniques; and research on understanding and surviving avalanches. Illustrated with nearly 200 updated illustrations, photos and examples, this updated edition offers exhaustive information on contributing weather and climate factors, snowpack analysis, the newest transceiver search techniques, and preventative and protective measures, including avalanche zoning and control.
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An exhaustive avalanche text, with detailed snow and snowpack explanations and information for safe backcountry play
Perhaps the definitive book on snow science and avalanche mechanics...The authors' credentials are impeccable.-- "Off Piste" The revised third edition of 'The Avalanche Handbook'... could well save your life-- "Pittsburgh Tribune"
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780898868098
Publisert
2006-10-15
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Mountaineers Books
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
McClung David
Schaerer Peter

Biographical note

With more than 40 years experience studying avalanches, PETER SCHAERER spent most of his career as a senior research officer and head of the Avalanche Research Center of the National Research Council of Canada. He was instrumental in forming the Canadian Avalanche Association and in setting up professional avalanche training programs in western Canada. DAVID McCLUNG is a professor in the Department of Geography and leader of the avalanche research group at the University of British Columbia. He has 35 winters of field experience and has published more than 150 technical articles on alpine snow and avalanches.

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