The term Northern Operations, as applied to this manual, includes both the Arctic and Subarctic. About 45 percent of the North American continent and 65 percent of the Eurasian land mass lie in these regions. c. The terms "cold weather operations," "operations in the Subarctic," "Arctic operations," "Northern operations," "opera- tions in the far north," "cold region," and "operations in the northern latitudes" are synonymous. They embrace operations in both summer and winter and are applicable to the areas of North America and Eurasia. » * ñ » "H,. 1 S : fß- » TT & m Mt r. ■ yji Figure 1. Area of northern operations.
DesignationFM 31-71
EditionJan 1963
StatusSuperseded
Pages236
FunctionFieldcraft Survival
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)