Life at the Extremes: Human Physiology

Life at the Extremes: Human Physiology

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Humans are capable of incredible feats of endurance and can tolerate physical stress. Our bodies may experience environmental extremes including desert hot and arctic cold temperatures, high and low ambient pressures; g-forces at high speed and zero-gravity in space. It may have to cope with other…

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    • Dec 20, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Human Environment

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    This is a recording of the lecture Dr Mike Stroud gave based on his experiences of extreme physiology including expeditions to the Antarctic and achieving 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days.

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