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Serum 25(OH)D levels decline without sunlight … exposure. We studied 120 expeditioners to Antarctica to … determine the skeletal and hormonal responses to sunlight … deprivation. With emerging vitamin D insufficiency, serum … calcium decreased, PTH increased…
The positive and negative effects engendered by Antarctic employment have been well-documented within expeditioner populations. However, research to date has primarily focused on individual and organisational factors that influence these outcomes.
The Antarctic environment poses both physical and … psychological challenges to human performance, particularly during the austral winter. Additionally, Antarctic employment involves prolonged separation … from existing social support networks.
Abstract. Changes in stratospheric ozone have a direct impact on the solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels reaching the earth’s surface. A decrease in ozone leads to an increase in the biologically effective UVB radiation (280-315 nm) with potentially serious consequences for humans [Diffey…
Abstract. A pilot study assessment of the potential exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) of expeditioners on the Australian Antarctic resupply voyages was carried out over the summer of 2004/05 using UVR sensitive polysulphone (PS) badges.