Back to the basics of polar expeditions: personality hardiness, fear, and nutrition in polar environments

• Published in: Safety in Extreme Environments People, Risk and Security Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 47 - 58
• Main Authors: Johnsen, Bjørn Helge, Gjeldnes, Rune
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Health; Environmental Science and Engineering; Offshore Engineering; Quality Control; Reliability; Review Article; Safety and Risk; Appetite; Fear; Hardiness; Nutrition; Biomarkers; Polar environment; Adaptation

The present paper aims at presenting an overview of findings relating personality hardiness to adaptation to polar environments. Several studies from the Operational Psychology Research group at the University of Bergen have depicted individual characteristics of high hardy subjects involved in stre...