ADVANCED MERIT: WINTER CAMPING
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 1.  Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the following shelters:

     a.  A-frame.  _________________________________________________________________

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     b.  Snow cave.  _______________________________________________________________

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     c.  Lean-to.  _________________________________________________________________

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 2.  Construct 1 of the shelters in item 1 and sleep in it for 2 nights during the
     cold winter nights, under adult supervision.

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 3.  Explain the symptoms of hypothermia and the first aid treatment for it.

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 4.  Define frostbite and how it may be prevented.  Explain how to treat first-,
     second-, and third-degree frostbite.

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 5.  Explain what trench-foot is and how it may be prevented.

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 6.  Explain what snow-blindness is, how it may be treated, and how it prevent it.

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 7.  Explain how to give the proper distress signals using fire, smoke, flashlight, 
     mirror, or gunshots, during snowy conditions.

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 8.  Make an emergency survival kit you would carry with you in the family car during
     a winter trip.  List its contents.

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 9.  Demonstrate your ability to light a fire without matches.

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10.  Explain how to obtain drinking water from snow, ice, frozen river, and a solar still.

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11.  Demonstrate your ability to make and set 4 different small animal snares.  List
     5 possible sources of food that can be obtained using a snare.

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12.  List the clothing required for a winter outing.  Take into consideration snow,
     sleet, and rain in a cold winter environment.

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