In 1979, when Malden Mills first sold their lightweight, hydrophobic polyester fleece under the trademark Polarfleece, they did not realize that they would be coining a term, i.e., polar fleece, that would eventually come to describe a type of fabric...

Extreme environment clothing normally refers to clothing for Arctic or mountainous areas on land, although it is sometimes used for survival suits worn by mariners. The basic approach is to insulate one's body from heat loss, and keep liquid water or...

The collection of settling sediments from harsh environments such as the deepest ocean and the arctic basin, is particularly challenging. Sediment trapping at the Japan Trench with depth of more than nine kilometers has been successfully undertaken since 1986. The deepest trap is positioned...

Microbiology of extreme environments Ed C Edwards There have been a number of recent conferences on the subject of microbial growth in extreme environments, some of which have been published in book form. One might therefore imagine that there is no need...