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[Heliomagnetic activity and level of extreme situations at the Polar cap]
O I Shumilov1, E A Kasatkina, O M Raspopov
1High-latitude Geophysical Laboratory, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia.
Biofizika
|October 23, 1998
Abstract:
It was found that the frequency of extreme situations (traumas, deaths, sudden diseases) in miners working in Spitsbergen mines (74 degree N) correlates well with heliogeomagnetic activity (local magnetic disturbances, solar proton flashes). It was shown that in winter, both an enhanced and an extremely low level of magnetic activity can affect the occurrence of extreme situations. The results obtained can be used for predicting and reducing the frequency of extreme events in the zone of the polar cap during geomagnetic disturbances.