UV exposure and visible erythema of expeditioners at Casey, Davis and Mawson station

• Main Authors: Gies, Peter, Watzl, Roland, Javorniczky, John, Roy, Colin, Henderson, Stuart, Ayton, Jeff, Kingston, Melissa
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Antarc*; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Division; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810254; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810254

A study to assess the potential exposure to solar UV radiation of expeditioners on Australian Antarctic resupply voyages was carried out over the Austral summers of 2004/2005 to 2006/2007. Subjects wore UVR-sensitive polysulphone (PS) badges on the chest for the duration of their working day, which...