Open AccessSome Microbiological and Sanitary Aspects of Military Operations in Greenland
Author(s) -
Cleto DiGiovanni,
Joseph W. Rachlin,
Richard F. Barquist,
Elmo S. Dooley,
Thomas R. A. Davis
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
arctic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-1245
pISSN - 0004-0843
DOI - 10.14430/arctic3567
Subject(s) - sanitation , snow , contamination , arctic , the arctic , environmental science , bacteria , environmental protection , environmental engineering , geography , biology , ecology , geology , oceanography , meteorology , genetics
Describes, from a longer report (cf. No. 64724.) studies of sanitation practices and problems of wound healing and fly-borne contamination at Camp Tuto, 14 mi from the Thule Air Force Base, supplemented with data from two camps on the icecap. Bacteria from water supplies, from surface snow, and soil and also bacteria from wounds and from flies were isolated, identified and counted. No evidence of water contamination was found though bacteria appear to survive the arctic winter in the soil.
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