SURVIVALEQUIPMENT
Photos:TorquilFleming-Boyd
ome on in, the water’s lovely!
Actually it’s bloody freezing.C
We’re bobbing in a fjord in
Norway. The water is hovering at about
6°C. Some of the more sheltered areas
we passed as we travelled in the RIB still
have large tracts of ice floating, waiting
for some sunshine to melt them.Dressing
In such conditions, you’d normally be
hypothermic within minutes.But we’re
just fine. More than fine in fact.We’re
toasty warm and buoyant, even if we look
like crazies dressed in Orange sumo-
wrestling suits.
That’s because the Outsider team
is kitted out in the Helly Hansen Sea-
air, OffshoreTransport Suit/Immersion
Suits which are made by hand in Helly
Hansen’s Norway HQ.
They are designed for those who
make their livings in extreme situations.
Like oil rig workers, for example, whoTHE PART
are transported to and from the rigs by
helicopter, which is high risk.EveryThe Outsider team visits Helly Hansen in Norway to test some of their survival
year a number of helicopters ditch in
freezing waters and suits like these areequipment and learn more about it.
the workers´ only chance of survival.So
Team Ericsson sport Helly Hansens sailing gear which is
specially designed for extreme conditions.
40| June-July |OUTSIDER
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