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Wettertrupp Haudegen: the last German Arctic weather station of World War II: Part 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

William Barr
William Barr
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OWO, Canada
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On 23 February the uppermost edge of the sun appeared briefly for the first time over the southern horizon; by 1 March the sun's full disc had appeared, and thereafter the daylight period lengthened rapidly. Apart from some minor cases of insomnia, lack of appetite and lassitude, the long period of darkness had had little effect on the wintering party in terms of either morale or physical health. Most importantly, there had been absolutely no sign of scurvy, undoubtedly due to the regular dose of vitamins which Dege insisted his men take, and to a substantial intake of reindeer meat over the winter.

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Polar Record , Volume 23 , Issue 144 , September 1986 , pp. 323 - 334
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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