TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Characteristics of Travel by Persons Lost in Albertan Wilderness Areas
JO  - Journal of environmental psychology
A1  - Heth, C. Donald
A1  - Cornell, Edward H.
SP  - 223
EP  - 235
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - We examined 162 incidents of persons lost in wilderness areas in southwestern Alberta, Canada. Measures of travel by lost persons are organized for use by search managers. Specifically, we tabulated crow's-flight distance traveled and dispersion of travel by different categories of wilderness users. The distribution of crow's-flight distance of outdoor travel can be described by the Wakeby equation, regardless of whether the lost person is hiking, cross-country skiing, or mountain biking. Quantitative differences in the distribution are consistent with a common-sense geographical distinction between front and back country wilderness. However, the distribution is qualitatively different for lost persons who walk away from interpersonal conflict or are despondent.<p /> 
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SN  - 0272-4944
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.1998.0093
ID  - ref1
ER  -