Health challenges on research and cruise ship expeditions to Antarctica

Antarctica is one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth. Early Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery (1895–1922) returned reports of frostbite, scurvy, snow blindness, and death. Today, over 50,000 people travel to the Antarctic each year via research expeditions,...

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Main Authors: Travis Heggie, Thomas Küpper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland 2022-07-01
Series:Health Promotion & Physical Activity
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Online Access:https://journals.anstar.edu.pl/index.php/hppa/article/view/387