This is Section 15.3 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Lead Authors: Jim Berner, Christopher Furgal; Contributing
Authors: Peter Bjerregaard, Mike Bradley, Tine Curtis, Edward De
Fabo, Juhani Hassi, William Keatinge, Siv Kvernmo, Simo Nayha,
Hannu Rintamaki, John Warren. Human health in northern
communities is affected via a number of direct and indirect
impacts of climate-related changes. “Direct impacts” refers to
those health consequences resulting from direct interactions
with aspects of the environment that have changed or are
changing with local climate (i.e., resulting from direct
interactions with physical characteristics of the environment:
air, water, ice, land; and for example exposure to thermal
extremes).They include such things as difficulties in dealing
with heat and cold stress; alleviation of cold stress due to
warmer winters; dangers associated with travel and activities on
the land resulting from unpredictable weather patterns and ice
conditions; and increased incidences of sunburn a