It's just that uncertainty that eats away at people: Antarctic expeditioners' lived experiences of COVID-19
With Antarctic expeditioners popularly portrayed in the media during the pandemic as both heroic stalwarts better equipped than any other people to deal with the rigours of isolation and, paradoxically, the only people untouched by the virus, it was all too easy to ignore the actual experiences of t...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:154209 2023-05-15T13:42:41+02:00 It's just that uncertainty that eats away at people: Antarctic expeditioners' lived experiences of COVID-19 Nash, M Leane, E Norris, K 2022 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277676 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374848 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/154209 en eng Public Library of Science http://ecite.utas.edu.au/154209/1/154209 - Lived experiences of COVID-19 - Published version.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277676 Nash, M and Leane, E and Norris, K, It's just that uncertainty that eats away at people: Antarctic expeditioners' lived experiences of COVID-19, PLOS ONE, 17, (11) Article e0277676. ISSN 1932-6203 (2022) [Refereed Article] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374848 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/154209 Human Society Sociology Environmental sociology Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277676 2023-01-23T23:17:13Z With Antarctic expeditioners popularly portrayed in the media during the pandemic as both heroic stalwarts better equipped than any other people to deal with the rigours of isolation and, paradoxically, the only people untouched by the virus, it was all too easy to ignore the actual experiences of those working in the continent. Drawing on the experiences of expeditioners in the Australian Antarctic Program from 2019-21, this article provides a counter to popular media perspective by exploring how COVID-19 protocols including quarantine and social distancing affected expeditioners individual well-being and their experiences of the social environment. We argue that Antarctic life during COVID-19 has not been as detached from the rest of the world nor as heroic as the popular media has suggested, but nonetheless provides important insights for survival in isolated, confined, and extreme environments (ICE) and non-ICE environments at a time of pandemic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Australian Antarctic Program eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic PLOS ONE 17 11 e0277676 |
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With Antarctic expeditioners popularly portrayed in the media during the pandemic as both heroic stalwarts better equipped than any other people to deal with the rigours of isolation and, paradoxically, the only people untouched by the virus, it was all too easy to ignore the actual experiences of those working in the continent. Drawing on the experiences of expeditioners in the Australian Antarctic Program from 2019-21, this article provides a counter to popular media perspective by exploring how COVID-19 protocols including quarantine and social distancing affected expeditioners individual well-being and their experiences of the social environment. We argue that Antarctic life during COVID-19 has not been as detached from the rest of the world nor as heroic as the popular media has suggested, but nonetheless provides important insights for survival in isolated, confined, and extreme environments (ICE) and non-ICE environments at a time of pandemic. |
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