Psychological Impact of the Antarctic Winter on Indian Expeditioners

• Published in: Environment and Behavior
• Main Authors: Bhargava, R., Mukerji, S., Sachdeva, U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Indian; Midwinter; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00139160021972450; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00139160021972450

The authors studied the psychological variables of 25 men who participated in the winter-over team of an Indian expedition to Antarctica for possible associations with seasonality and isolation. It was found that increased cigarette smoking was associated with the stress of the beginning of isolatio...