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A systematic review of medical emergencies in Antarctica: Lessons for long duration spaceflight Acta Astronautica, 2024 (Ref: 17393)
Authors:
Cherry J.Ayton J.Cooper D.Zosky G.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Antarctica is a well-established space analogue environment where expeditioners face challenges similar to those experienced in human spaceflight.

US and Australian researchers team to test new physical and mental health technologies for safeguarding the health of Antarctic expeditioners and astronauts IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25,A1,4,1,x101236 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025. IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25,A1,4,1,x101236 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025., 2025 (Ref: 17394)
Authors:
Donoviel D.Cherry J.Wu J.Strangman G.Bokhari R.Urquieta E.Ayton J.
Category 3: Conference paper

US and Australian researchers are collaborating to study how extreme, isolated environments in Antarctica affect health, using this research to develop and test new mental and physical health technologies for astronauts on long-duration space missions.

Evaluation of autonomy enabling solutions for handheld ultrasound use in an Antarctic spaceflight analog IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25-A1.IPB.1.x97729 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025, 2025 (Ref: 17390)
Authors:
Cherry J.Sargsyan A.Ebert D.Everson A.Urquieta E.Wu J.Ayton J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Space Life Sciences Research within the Australian Antarctic Program – supporting long duration spaceflight IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25-A1.IPB.28.x97704 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025, 2025 (Ref: 17392)
Authors:
Cherry J.Ayton J.
Category 3: Conference paper

The Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) serves as a unique Earth-based analog for space travel, using its extreme, isolated environments to conduct research that directly supports long-duration human spaceflight. Studies focus on the long-term effects of confinement and isolation on human health…

The Australian Antarctic space analogue – a medical model for long duration spaceflight IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25-A1.4.2.x97721 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025. IAF Conference Proceedings: IAC-25-A1.4.2.x97721 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, Australia, 29 Sep-3 Oct 2025., 2025 (Ref: 17391)
Authors:
Cherry J.Strauss C.Oermann C.Zosky G.Cooper D.Ayton J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Australian Antarctic Space Analogue: A research project using the Antarctic environment to study the effects of isolation, confinement, and extreme conditions on human physiology and psychology, relevant to long-duration spaceflight. Medical Model:

Evaluation of body shape as a human body composition assessment in isolated conditions and remote environments. npj Microgravity, 2024 (Ref: 17144)
Authors:
Wong M.C.Bennett J.P.Leong L.T.Liu Y.E.Kelly N.N.Cherry J.Kloza K.Bosco L.Iuliano S.Sibonga J.Sawyer A.Ayton J.Shephard J.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Individuals in isolated and extreme environments can experience debilitating side-effects including significant decreases in fat-free mass (FFM) from disuse and inadequate nutrition. The objective of this study was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of three-dimensional optical (3DO)…

Web-Based, Interactive, Interest-Based Negotiation Training for Managing Conflict in Isolated Environments: Opportunistic Study With an e-Survey JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH, 2023 (Ref: 16883)
Authors:
Fleischer J.Ayton J.Riley M.Binsted K.Cowan D.R.Fellows A.M.Weiss J.A.Buckey J.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Relationships between personality and social functioning, attitudes towards the team and mission, and well-being in an ICE environment Acta Astronautica, 2021 (Ref: 16592)
Authors:
van Fossen J.A.Olenick J.Ayton J.Chang C.H.Kozlowski S.W.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The role of circadian phase in sleep and performance during Antarctic winter expeditions Journal of Pineal Research, 2022 (Ref: 16589)
Authors:
Sletten T.L.Sullivan J.P.Arendt J.Palinkas L.A.Barger L.K.Fletcher L.Arnold M.Wallace J.Strauss C.Baker R.J.S.Kloza K.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Mood Fluctuation in Antarctic Expeditioners: Does One Size Fit All? Polar Record, 2019 (Ref: 16168)
Authors:
Hawkes C.Norris K.Ayton J.Paton J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Positive psychological outcomes following Antarctic deployment The Polar Journal, 2019 (Ref: 16169)
Authors:
Blight S.Norris K.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Modification of the Type of Dietary Fat an an Antarctic Station: Impact on Cardiovascular Risk Factors MD Thesis, University of Melbourne, 1991 (Ref: 6560)
Authors:
Taylor D.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Modification of the type of dietary fat at an Antarctic station: impact on cardiovascular risk factors. ANARE Research Notes, 1992 (Ref: 2726)
Authors:
Taylor D.McD.
Category 3: Article

Dietary intakes of expeditioners during prolonged sunlight deprivation in polar environments do not support bone health International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2015 (Ref: 15564)
Authors:
Iuliano S.Ayton J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Predicting positive and negative change in expeditions at 2-months and 12-months post Antarctic employment The Polar Journal, 2015 (Ref: 15533)
Authors:
Moult C.Norris K.Paton D.Ayton J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names Journal of Medical Biography, 2012 (Ref: 15463)
Authors:
Sullivan P.Pearn J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Breaking the ice: Developing a model of expeditioner and partner adaptation to Antarctic Employment. PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania, Australia, 2010 (Ref: 14795)
Authors:
Norris K.A.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

Skeletal and hormonal responses to vitamin D supplementation during sunlight deprivation in Antarctic expeditioners. Osteoporosis International, 2012 (Ref: 14806)
Authors:
Iuliano-Burns S.Ayton J.Hillam S.Jones G.King K.Macleod S.Seeman E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

In the footsteps of McLean, Jones and Whetter: 100 years of Australian Antarctic medical practice. Australian Antarctic Magazine, Mawson Centenary Special, 2012 (Ref: 14756)
Authors:
Lugg D.J.Ayton J.
Category 4: Popular articles

100 years of Antarctic medicine (includes interview with Dr J. Ayton, AAD). University of Sydney Medical School magazine (Radius), 2011 (Ref: 14688)
Authors:
Mellor L.
Category 4: Popular articles

Staying cool under pressure: resilience in Antarctic expeditioners. Working in high risk environments: developing sustained resilience, 2012 (Ref: 14687)
Authors:
Norris K.Paton D.Ayton J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Future directions in Antarctic psychology research Antarctic Science, 2010 (Ref: 14193)
Authors:
Norris K.Paton D.Ayton J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The selection of men for Antarctic expeditions. World Health Organization Conference on Medicine and Public Health in the Arctic and Antarctic, Geneva, 28 August - 1 September 1962, 1962 (Ref: 379)
Authors:
Law P.G.
Category 3: Conference paper

Measurement of the UVR exposures of expeditioners on Antarctic resupply voyages Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2009 (Ref: 13886)
Authors:
Gies P.Watzl R.Javorniczky J.Roy C.Henderson S.Ayton J.Kingston M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

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)…

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Australian Antarctic Magazine, Issue 16, 2009 (Ref: 13888)
Authors:
Pyper W.
Category 4: Popular articles

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