Voices from the Ice
The original diaries of 13 members of British polar expeditions of the Heroic Age (mid-19th to early 20th century) were subjected to content analysis. Entries were categorized into 5 areas: the physical and social environments and their effects, positive and negative affective appraisals of the expe...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0013916591236004 2024-06-16T07:34:41+00:00 Voices from the Ice Diaries of Polar Explorers Mocellin, Jane S. P. Suedfeld, Peter 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236004 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013916591236004 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 23, issue 6, page 704-722 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 1991 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236004 2024-05-19T13:05:27Z The original diaries of 13 members of British polar expeditions of the Heroic Age (mid-19th to early 20th century) were subjected to content analysis. Entries were categorized into 5 areas: the physical and social environments and their effects, positive and negative affective appraisals of the experience, and altered states of consciousness. Individual words were rated on pleasantness and arousal. Antarctic explorers showed more negative responses than did Arctic expeditioners, but there were many positive as well as negative experiences in both polar regions. Surprisingly, the least stressful phase of the journeys was the polar midwinter. Arousal and tension were high during the trip from home port to the polar base, and just before beginning the voyage home. The authors conclude that the polar experience was not generally aversive or stressful, and that the popular bias to the contrary is at least partly a result of overgeneralization, dramatization, and cognitive assimilation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic SAGE Publications Antarctic Arctic Midwinter ENVELOPE(139.931,139.931,-66.690,-66.690) Environment and Behavior 23 6 704 722 |
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The original diaries of 13 members of British polar expeditions of the Heroic Age (mid-19th to early 20th century) were subjected to content analysis. Entries were categorized into 5 areas: the physical and social environments and their effects, positive and negative affective appraisals of the experience, and altered states of consciousness. Individual words were rated on pleasantness and arousal. Antarctic explorers showed more negative responses than did Arctic expeditioners, but there were many positive as well as negative experiences in both polar regions. Surprisingly, the least stressful phase of the journeys was the polar midwinter. Arousal and tension were high during the trip from home port to the polar base, and just before beginning the voyage home. The authors conclude that the polar experience was not generally aversive or stressful, and that the popular bias to the contrary is at least partly a result of overgeneralization, dramatization, and cognitive assimilation. |
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