The heat exchange of the human organism in the process of adaptation to conditions of the central arctic
V. P. Klopov
In view of contradictory data on the mechanism of heat exchange in human organisms in polar regions, an attempt was made to investigate differences in thermoregulatory reactions during a year‐long drift in the Central Arctic and, after the men's return, in a meteorological chamber. The investigation included the total respiratory gas exchange, the electrical activity of neck muscles, body temperature, skin temperature and radiative‐convective heat loss. It was found that drift‐station personnel acquire a certain resistance to wind and cold during their year‐long stay in the Arctic, and that this resistance vanishes nine months after their return.