Surviving the extremes a doctor's journey to the limits of human endurance
(Audiobook on MP3CD)

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Contributors
Ochlan, P. J., narrator.
Published
Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Media, [2017].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
2 audio discs (13 hr., 30 min.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
QP82.K296 2017
1 available

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Published
Old Saybrook, CT : Tantor Media, [2017].
Format
Audiobook on MP3CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
MP3 format compact disc. Will only play on CD players adapted for MP3 format.
Participants/Performers
Read by P.J. Ochlan.
Description
Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth's surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them? Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked through some of the most treacherous and remote regions in the world. A consultant for NASA, Yale University, and the National Geographic Society, he has explored undersea caves, crossed the frozen Antarctic wastelands, and stitched a boy's hand back together while kneeling in knee-deep Amazonian mud. He was the only doctor on Everest during the tragic expedition documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and helped treat its survivors. Kamler has devoted his life to investigating how our bodies respond to "environmental insults"-a nice way of saying the things that can kill us-and watched while some succumbed to them and others, sometimes miraculously, overcome them. Words like "extreme" and "survival" have lost some of their value from overuse and media hype. By showing us what happens when life itself is at stake, and the body's capacities put to their greatest test, this book reminds us what they truly mean.
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System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC wth MP3-capable software.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kamler, K., & Ochlan, P. J. (2017). Surviving the extremes: a doctor's journey to the limits of human endurance (Unabridged.). Tantor Media .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kamler, Kenneth and P. J., Ochlan. 2017. Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance. Tantor Media.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kamler, Kenneth and P. J., Ochlan. Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance Tantor Media, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kamler, Kenneth,, and P. J. Ochlan. Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance Unabridged., Tantor Media , 2017.

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