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Environmental Ergonomics XII<br />

Igor B. Mekjavic, Stelios N. Kounalakis & Nigel A.S. Taylor (Eds.), © BIOMED, Ljubljana <strong>2007</strong><br />

These data clearly show that wearing the historical clothing caused a much higher<br />

energy consumption increase while sledge pulling, than did the modern clothing, and<br />

that the increase would have been less (on top of a lower energy requirement for the<br />

activity itself) for dog sledging.<br />

REFERENCES<br />

Dorman, L. (<strong>2007</strong>) The effects of protective clothing and its properties on energy<br />

consumption during different activities. Thesis Loughborough University, March<br />

<strong>2007</strong>.<br />

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