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The Deep - Production still from the 2012 movie The Deep directed by Baltasar Kornákur

20/07/2013 GMT

Survival at Sea

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If by accident you are thrown into icy waters, what can help your chances of survival?

If by accident you are thrown into icy waters, what can help your chances of survival? Guests include Baltasar Kormákur, Michael Tipton and Dinesh Bhugra.

***Some listeners may find parts of this programme upsetting***
If by accident you are thrown into icy waters, what can you do to help your chances of survival? As Professor of Survival and Thermal Medicine, Michael Tipton, explains, there are a number of things that will help you, but they are surprisingly counter-intuitive. And it’s not just about what you do physically. Professor Dinesh Bhugra from the Institute of Psychiatry suggests that your attitudes to your family and wider community also play a crucial role. Perhaps that’s what spurred on Gulli, the real-life hero of Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur’s film The Deep, as he successfully braved the freezing waters of the North Atlantic for several hours.

(Photo: Production still from the film The Deep directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Credit: PMK-BNC Production)

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