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Psychological Hibernation in Antarctica [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Human activity in Antarctica has increased sharply in recent years. In particular during the winter months, people are exposed to long periods of isolation and confinement and an extreme physical environment that poses risks to health, well-being and performance.
Gro Mjeldheim Sandal, Fons J. R. van deVijver, Fons J. R. van deVijver, Nathan Smith   +3 more
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Groundwater characteristics at Seabee Hook, Cape Hallett, Antarctica [PDF]

, 2006
Seabee Hook is a low lying gravel spit adjacent to Cape Hallett, northern Victoria Land, in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and hosts an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) rookery.
Hofstee, Erica H., Dave I. Campbell, Erica H. Hofstee, Megan R. Balks, Jackie Aislabie, Balks, Megan R., Campbell, David I., Aislabie, Jackie M.   +7 more
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Past rates of accumulation in central West Antarctica [PDF]

, 2004
The spatial variation in ice accumulation is critical to the form and stability of ice sheets. In West Antarctica, knowledge of present ice accumulation rates is restricted to sparse measurements and interpolations across data free regions, while ...
Siegert, MJ, Payne, AJ, Siegert, Martin J., Payne, Antony J.   +3 more
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Viscosity and elasticity: a model intercomparison of ice-shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone

Journal of Glaciology, 2017
Grounding zones are vital to ice-sheet mass balance and its coupling to the global ocean circulation. Processes here determine the mass discharge from the grounded ice sheet, to the floating ice shelves.
CHRISTIAN T. WILD, OLIVER J. MARSH, WOLFGANG RACK   +2 more
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Switch-off of a major enhanced ice flow unit in East Antarctica [PDF]

, 2006
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is the largest reservoir of ice on the planet by an order of magnitude. Compared with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), it is traditionally considered to be relatively stable, with only minor adjustments to its ...
Corr, Hugh F.J., Rippin, David M., Siegert, MJ, Bamber, JL, Vaughan, DG, Bamber, Jonathan L., Corr, HFJ, Vaughan, David G., Corr, Hugh F. J., Siegert, Martin J., Rippin, DM   +10 more
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Screening fungi isolated from historic Discovery Hut on Ross Island, Antarctica for cellulose degradation [PDF]

, 2007
To survive in Antarctica, early explorers of Antarctica's Heroic Age erected wooden buildings and brought in large quantities of supplies. The introduction of wood and other organic materials may have provided new nutrient sources for fungi that were ...
Jurgens, Joel Allan, Shona M. Duncan, Roberta L. Farrell, Robert A. Blanchette, Duncan, Shona Margaret, Farrell, Roberta L., Brett E. Arenz, Thwaites, Joanne M., Blanchette, Robert A., Held, Benjamin W., Benjamin W. Held, Arenz, Brett E., Joel A. Jurgens, Minasaki, Ryuji, Ryuji Minasaki, Joanne M. Thwaites   +15 more
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Assessing the continuity of the blue ice climate record at Patriot Hills, Horseshoe Valley, West Antarctica [PDF]

, 2016
We use high resolution Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to assess the continuity of the Blue Ice Area (BIA) horizontal climate record at Patriot Hills, Horseshoe Valley, West Antarctica.
Turney, Chris S. M., Turney, Chris, Nicholas R. Golledge, Golledge, NR ; https://orcid.org/, Dunning, SA, Fogwill, CJ ; https://orcid.org/, Ross, N, Hein, AS, Winter, K, Marrero, Shasta M., Winter, Kate, Marrero, SM, Hein, Andrew, Golledge, Nicholas R., Kate Winter, Dunning, Stuart A., Hein, Andrew S., Christopher J. Fogwill, Fogwill, Christopher, Fogwill, Christopher J., Hein, Andrew; id_orcid, Woodward, J, Chris S. M. Turney, Sugden, David, Bingham, RG, Andrew S. Hein, Woodward, John, Golledge, Nicholas, Sugden, DE, Ross, Neil, Marrero, Shasta, Bingham, Robert, Shasta M. Marrero, Sugden, David E., Robert G. Bingham, Dunning, Stuart, John Woodward, Turney, Chris S. M.; id_orcid, Neil Ross, David E. Sugden, Stuart A. Dunning, Bingham, Robert G., Turney, C ; https://orcid.org/   +42 more
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The moss Bryum argenteum var. muticum Brid. is well adapted to cope with high light in continental Antarctica [PDF]

, 2012
The net photosynthetic rate (NP), chlorophyll fluorescence, carotenoid content and chlorophyll content of the cosmopolitan moss Bryum argenteum were measured in the field at Botany Bay, southern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica (77°S).
M. Schlensog, Green, T.G. Allan, Schlensog, Mark, Sancho, Leopoldo G., T. G. A. Green, Kulle, Daniel, Daniel Kulle, Pannewitz, Stefan, S. Pannewitz, Schroeter, Burkhard, L. G. Sancho, B. Schroeter   +11 more
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Four new species of Parvoplaca ( Teloschistales , Ascomycota )

Plant and Fungal Systematics, 2023
The genus Parvoplaca is extended with four new species: P. candanii from Antarctica, P. lamprocarpa from Alaska, and P. macroborealis and P. tenebrosa from Oregon. Collections identified as P.
Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, Mehmet Gökhan Halıcı   +2 more
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Aerobiology over Antarctica – A new Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology [PDF]

, 2016
The role of Aerial dispersal in shaping patterns of biodiversity remains poorly understood, mainly due to a lack of coordinated efforts in gathering data at appropriate temporal and spatial scales.
Vivian Helena Pellizari, Maggie C. Y. Lau, Benning, Liane G., Terauds, Aleks, Jean-Pierre Paul De Vera, Peter Convey, Arwyn eEdwards, Craig Cary, Lewis Cuthbertson, Matcher, Gwynneth, Vincent, Warwick, Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Maggie eLau, Hughes, K.A., Irina A Alekhina, Nina eGunde - Cimerman, Aurélien eDommergue, Catarina Magalhães, Pointing, Steve B, Smith, D.J., Dommergue, Aurelien, Elster, Josef, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Wan-Loy eChu, Annick Wilmotte, Bradley, James A., Bradley, J.A., De Vera, Jean-Pierre Paul, Cuthbertson, Lewis, Steve Brian Pointing, Antonio eQuesada, Antonio Quesada, Soon Gyu Hong, Irina A. Alekhina, Hughes, Kevin A, Quesada, Antonio, Eguren, G., David Anthony Pearce, James A. Bradley, Smith, David J., Birgit eSattler, Chu, W.-L., Jean-Pierre de Vera, Smith, David J, Magalhães, Catarina M., James eBradley, Convey, Peter, Gunde - Cimerman, Nina, Wall, D.H., Vincent, W.F., Cary, S. Craig, Alekhina, Irina, Wilmotte, A., Benning, L.G., Kevin Andrew Hughes, Byron J. Adams, Josef Elster, David J. Smith, Pellizari, Vivian H., Gyu Hong, Soon, Hong, S.G., Adams, Byron J., Pointing, Steve B., Dommergue, A., Edwards, Arwyn, Hughes, Kevin A., Loy, Chu Wan, Adams, Byron, Wall,, Magalhães, Catarina, Wall, Diana, Catarina Maria Magalhães, Sattler, Birgit, Hughes, Kevin, Lewis Paul Cuthbertson, David A. Pearce, Pellizari, V.H., Liane G. Benning, de Vera, Jean Pierre Paul, Convey, P., Alekhina, I.A., Pointing, Steve, Cary, Craig S, Warwick F Vincent, Gunde-Cimerman, N., Quesada, A., Lau, Maggie C.Y., Benning, Liane, Magalhães, Catarina Maria, Edwards, A., Magalhães, C., Liane G Benning, Wan-Loy Chu, Adams, B.J., Gwynneth eMatcher, Benning, Liane G, Terauds,, Alekhina, Irina A., Convey, Pete, Gabriela Eguren, Josef eElster, Warwick F. Vincent, Eguren, Gabriela, Wilmotte, Annick, Byron eAdams, Pearce, David, Smith, David, Arwyn Edwards, Pearce, David A., David J Smith, Gwynneth Matcher, Annick eWilmotte, Matcher, G., Pearce, D.A., Aleks eTerauds, Peter eConvey, Lau, Maggie, Vivian H. Pellizari, Birgit Sattler, Vincent, Warwick F., Steve B. Pointing, Sattler, B., Terauds, A., Matcher,, Aleks Terauds, Gabriela eEguren, Cary, Craig, Bradley, James, Hong, Soon Gyu, Chu, Wan-Loy, Soon Gyu eHong, Cuthbertson, L., Diana H Wall, Kevin A. Hughes, Aurelien Dommergue, Wall, Diana H., Pellizari, Vivian, Stephen Craig Cary, Pellizari, Vivian H, Lau, M.C.Y., Diana H. Wall, Cary, C., Elster, J., Pointing, S.B., de Vera, Jean-Pierre   +144 more
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