98.6 Degrees
Explains how the body loses and gains heat, and how to use clothing, shelter, water and a small kit to stay at 37 °C. Includes a practical kit list.
- Why it's here
- Built around one idea: keeping your core temperature stable is what keeps you alive.
- Keep in mind
- Informal, humorous style that not everyone likes.
- Publisher
- Gibbs Smith
- Edition
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
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