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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