SC-HASS will be holding an online panel session on “Living and working in Antarctica” as part of the SCAR 2020 Online Science Conference.
Antarctica is a continent of extremes and is often regarded as one of Earth’s best analogue environments for the isolation, confinement and challenges experienced during missions to outer space. Even today, Antarctica remains the most sparsely inhabited continent on the planet, with the number of people living at Antarctic research stations every year ranging from around 1,000 during the winter to around 4,500 during the austral summer. Most of the people who make parts of Antarctica their temporary homes come there to work.
While research exists about human performance in Antarctica, only very limited scholarly work focuses on the motivations for people to live and work in Antarctica, their experiences and challenges while residing there, their sense of belonging and identity, their values, their connections to the continent or whether and why they desire to return to Antarctica in the future. This session will bring together a wide range of perspectives with a focus on facilitating knowledge-building and discussion about the socio-cultural, psychological, economic, political or environmental dimensions of living and working in Antarctica.
The panel will be held on 28th July over two sessions, 13:00-15:00 GMT and 20:00-22:00 GMT, via Zoom.
1300-1500 UTC : Living and Working in Antarctica, Session A
Find the Zoom Meeting link here (Meeting ID: 962 0812 4140).
2000-2200 UTC : Living and Working in Antarctica, Session B
Find the Zoom Meeting link here (Meeting ID: 945 9889 7406).
Full details of the panel, including how to join the sessions, password, the programme of speakers and the abstracts of their presentations, are available to view and download in the updated Panel Programme.