Comments on: Scouting for Sites & Shooting in Snow http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/scouting-for-sites-and-shooting-in-snow/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anne Jensen http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/scouting-for-sites-and-shooting-in-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Anne Jensen Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:17:54 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=174#comment-118 Even when it is cloudy, some of the UV light that gives people sunburns can get through. It also bounces back up of the snow (like a flashbulb reflects off a mirror), so there is a lot of UV in the Arctic. If you forget sunblock you can easily get a bad sunburn on a cloudy day. Then it is always windy, so there is windburn on top of that, and it is very cold, so you can get frostnip, if not real frostbite. Put those 3 together, and you can acutally get blistering (like you can get from a really bad sunburn) and that's what had happened to Laura. She was wearing the band-aid to protect the blistered area. Even when it is cloudy, some of the UV light that gives people sunburns can get through. It also bounces back up of the snow (like a flashbulb reflects off a mirror), so there is a lot of UV in the Arctic. If you forget sunblock you can easily get a bad sunburn on a cloudy day.

Then it is always windy, so there is windburn on top of that, and it is very cold, so you can get frostnip, if not real frostbite. Put those 3 together, and you can acutally get blistering (like you can get from a really bad sunburn) and that’s what had happened to Laura. She was wearing the band-aid to protect the blistered area.

]]> By: Rionna Flynn http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/scouting-for-sites-and-shooting-in-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Rionna Flynn Sun, 25 May 2008 22:20:26 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=174#comment-82 How did Laura get the sunburn and why did she need a band-aid? I enjoy reading these blogs and I hope you will always have new information every day! Rionna P.S: I am only 8 years old, so maybe most adults would already know how Laua could have got a sunburn. How did Laura get the sunburn and why did she need a band-aid?
I enjoy reading these blogs and I hope you will always have new
information every day!

Rionna

P.S: I am only 8 years old, so maybe most adults would already know how Laua could have got a sunburn.

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