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Nutrition and energy expenditure during a polar expedition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

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Food intake on a polar expedition has always been a problem to those in charge of the commissariat. For years it has been accepted that man has a very high energy expenditure while sledging. Because of this it has always been the custom to provide a sledging diet which yields the greatest number of calories in the smallest weight.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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