DANGERS & ISSUES FOR EXTREME
ENVIRONMENTS
MOUNTAINEERING
Mountain storms / winds
Cold temperatures Hypothermia & frost bite
Avalanches / falling rock
cracks /crevases in snow
Altitude sickness – lack of oxygen
Steep terrain
JUNGLES
ARCTIC / POLAR REGIONS
DESERT
Cold temperatures - hypothermia
& Frost bite
Extreme heat - heat & sun stroke
Ice & snow travel
Snow can trap & break up ships
Lack of water / rainfall / dehydration /
drought
Snow storms / wind / windchill
No shelter / vegetation
Snow blindness
Sand storms / winds / disorientation
24 hour darkness or 24 hours of sun
Traveling on sand
lack of plants - hunt for food source
Dangerous animals
dangerous animals
Size of desert / disorientation
Heavy rainfall
constant heat / humidity
Dangerous animals
Extreme cold - night
SPACE
DEEP SEA
The bends / decompression sickness
Radiation
Extreme heat & Extreme cold
Extreme cold
Size of rainforest / travel
Safe food / plants to eat
Diseases
oxygen supply
Water pressure
Darkness
Dangerous Animals
Space junk
No Oxygen
No gravity / muscle weakness
No air pressure