Cold Water Safety

Fishing and boating season is just around the corner across the Northland. Cold water safety is an important topic to consider before heading out on the water. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with these cold water facts.

Cold water will draw heat out of your body 25 times faster than air because water is more dense than air and also requires more energy to heat than air.

Hypothermia will set in after approximately one hour. Hypothermia is a condition in which the body loses heat faster than it can produce it -- this can cause violent shivering, unconsciousness, or cardiac arrest. Keep in mind that most cold water deaths occur well before this point -- only those wearing a life jacket will survive longer than 10 minutes in most cases.

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