After one particularly long submersion, Blair spotted a log stretched out across the river just within reach of his outstretched hands. |
Took almost two hours submersion and exercise in hot water to loosen them up. |
What's more it's claimed to survive submersion in water for at least 30 minutes. |
He had learned during his time in the service how to control his body's response to the cold of that first submersion. |
There have been extraordinary examples of survival after long periods of submersion in ice cold water. |
The analogy between cerebral protection with deep hypothermia, and cold water submersion, now becomes obvious. |