Human Adaptability to Antarctic Conditions

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
The Antarctic Research Series......Page 5
Preface
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Contents
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EARLY STUDIES......Page 10
PERSONNEL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 11
FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 12
REFERENCES......Page 13
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY STATIONS......Page 14
FOOD INTAKE......Page 15
ENERGY EXPENDITURE......Page 17
BODY WEIGHT CHANGES......Page 19
BLOOD LIPIDS AND FAT COMPOSITION......Page 22
KETOSIS......Page 24
BLOOD PRESSURE......Page 25
SLEEP......Page 26
SEBACEOUS GLANDS......Page 27
WOUND HEALING......Page 28
BACTERIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY......Page 29
APPENDIX: BRITISH ANTARCTIC BASES......Page 30
REFERENCES......Page 34
THE ANARE STATIONS......Page 36
ACCLIMATIZATION TO COLD......Page 45
BODY WEIGHT, SKINFOLD THICKNESS,BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, AND ORAL TEMPERATURE......Page 56
BLOOD COAGULATION STUDIES......Page 58
REFERENCES......Page 60
FRENCH STATIONS ON THE ADELIE COAST......Page 64
FRENCH STATIONS ON SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS......Page 75
NORWEGIAN-BRITISH-SWEDISH STATION......Page 76
JAPANESE STATION......Page 77
REFERENCES......Page 78
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT U.S.STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA......Page 80
CHARACTERISTICS AND MAKE UPOF THE STUDY POPULATIONS......Page 81
SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MICROENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH POLE STATION......Page 82
CORE PROJECT:PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP AND DREAMING......Page 83
CARDIOPULMONARY STUDIES......Page 89
INFECTIOUS DISEASE STUDIES......Page 93
INDIVIDUAL 'CLINICAL' RESPONSES TO ANTARCTIC RESIDENCE......Page 94
REFERENCES......Page 95
SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF A WINTER VIGIL AT SOUTH POLE STATION......Page 97
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 98
PSYCHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 99
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF ANTARCTIC WINTERING......Page 100
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF ANTARCTIC WINTERING......Page 101
ISOLATION AND ACTIVITY: THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE TIME......Page 102
PARTICIPANT OBSERVERS IN ANTARCTICA......Page 103
GROUP STRUCTURE AND SOURCES OF GROUP CONFLICT ATSMALL STATIONS......Page 104
FACTORS INFLUENCING GROUP COHESIVENESS......Page 106
FIELD DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQES......Page 108
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION AT 90˚ SOUTH......Page 109
RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF REPORTED LEISURE ACTIVITIES......Page 112
SOCIAL COMPARISON PROCESSES IN THE ANTARCTIC......Page 113
TRANSIENT EFFECTS OF THE STATION EMERGENCY OF MAY 16, 1967, ONGROUP COMPATIBILITY AND ACTIVITIES INDICATING ADAPTATION......Page 114
OCCUPATIONAL SUBGROUP DIFFERENCES IN SELF-REPORTEDTIME USE FOR SIX SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES......Page 115
CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING ADAPTATION TO ANTARCTIC STATION LIFE......Page 116
TERMINATION OF ISOLATION......Page 118
REFERENCES......Page 119
DESCRIPTION OF U.S. STATIONS......Page 123
EARLY STUDIES......Page 124
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION......Page 126
DIFFERENCES AMONG ANTARCTIC OCCUPATIONAL SUBGROUPS......Page 127
DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA......Page 128
PREDICTION OF INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENT......Page 130
CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND EMOTIONS......Page 131
EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS......Page 135
HOBBY AND LEISURE INTERESTS......Page 136
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES AT AUSTRALIAN STATIONS......Page 137
REFERENCES......Page 138