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extracted text: Safety Manual for Fieldwork in the Arctic 1st edition Editors Mette Maribo Høgsbro Morten Rasch Susanne Tang Pernille Witten Mogensen Editorial Committee Morten Rasch, Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen Chairman Jørgen Peder Steffensen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen Kirsten Christoffersen, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen Morten Meldgaard, Natural History Museum of Denmark Peter Stougaard, Department of Plants and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen Pernille Witten Mogensen, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen Susanne Tang, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen Mette Maribo Høgsbro, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen This safety manual is widely based upon information taken more or less directly from safety manuals produced by other institutions, i.e., University Centre in Svalbard UNIS, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Aarhus University and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS. However, all information has been quality controlled by University of Copenhagen staff, and any errors that might occur in the manual are therefore the sole responsibility of the University of Copenhagen. Front page picture Morten Rasch Publisher Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen Photo Morten Rasch Preface Safety is extremely important for every type of arctic fieldwork. Fieldwork in remote areas with an extreme climate requires that participants pay closer attention to safety than would otherwise be normal in nonarctic locations. This manual pertains to all arctic fieldwork associated with research projects and tasks commissioned or managed by the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen SCIENCE. The manuals brief introductory section includes general safety considerations pertaining to Arctic fieldwork. More specific descriptions of procedures are provided in the appendices. It is mandatory for University of Copenhagen staff and…