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Winter Survival Training

Winter Survival Training
One department at Star City is devoted to 'survival training'. These guys worry about landings in strange parts of the world, and how the crew will survive until they can be rescued. In theory the Russians can find and rescue the crew anywhere in the world between 56 degrees South and 56 degrees North, within three days. That has never really been tested, since every manned Soyuz has managed to land somewhere in Kazakhstan or Russia. Every year they have two or three 'exotic' survival training sessions, and the crews that are scheduled to fly in the coming year attend them. We had two: sea survival (in case we land in the ocean) and winter survival (in case we land in Siberia or Canada). This gallery has winter survival pics, see the Black Sea Training gallery for sea survival pics.
Ready, Aim, Fire
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Forest Flares
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Boots and All
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Hackers Unite
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Cosmonaut Lumberjacks
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Stacking Snow Blocks
Stacking Snow Blocks
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Where There's Smoke...
Where There's Smoke...
Winter Campfire
Winter Campfire
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Winter Fatigues
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