The Evolution of Networks in Extreme and Isolated Environment

• Main Authors: Palinkas, Lawrence A., Boster, James S., Johnson, Jeffrey C.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20000062463

This article reports on the evolution of network structure as it relates to the formal and informal aspects of social roles in well bounded, isolated groups. Research was conducted at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station over a 3-year period. Data was collected on crewmembers' networks of soci...