Mountain rescue team
By: Jameson Anderson
Series: Atomic; Atomic
Publisher: Raintree; Raintree Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406203530; 9781406203745
Subjects: Mountaineering; Juvenile literature; Search and rescue operations; Occupations
Description: Describes the skills needed by a mountain rescue team and the equipment they use on their missions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Ready for action; title: What do rescue teams do?; title: How teams prepare; title: Getting around; title: In the air; title: Rescue helicopter; title: Climbing skill; title: Hanging on; title: Mountaintop emergency; title: What is an avalanche?; title: Deep snow rescue; title: Digging for survivors; title: Mission accomplished.