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MARC recordBig dead place: Inside the strange and menacing world of Antarctica / Nicholas Johnson.
| Title: | Big dead place: Inside the strange and menacing world of Antarctica / Nicholas Johnson. |
| Author(s): | Johnson, Nicholas. |
| Date: | 2005. |
| Publisher: | Los Angeles: Feral House |
| Abstract: | Personal account of life and work at US research stations in Antarctica, based on experiences of manual worker. Includes many anecdotes, and comments on bureaucracy, effects of isolation and wintering, interpersonal relationships, working environment and conditions, leisure activities, building maintenance, and health and safety issues. |
| Notes: | Signed and inscribed by author. |
| Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1955- US Antarctic Program. 910.2 -- Exploration, kinds and techniques. 355.41 -- Logistics. 658.314 -- Expeditions, rules and regulations. 910.2(211) -- Cold regions, life and travel. 92 -- Biographies: Johnson, Nicholas. 331 -- Employment. 331.104 -- Industrial relations. 331.3 -- Working conditions. 331.4 -- Working environment. 331.45 -- Safety at work. 331.47 -- Occupational health. 316.34 -- Social stratification. 159.9 -- Psychology. 159.9"324" -- Seasonal affective disorder. 613.165.9 -- Darkness, effect on man. 159.92 -- Leadership. 301.172 -- Leadership. 159.922.27 -- Psychology, influence of society or its absence. 711.42(2) -- Settlements and stations, specific: McMurdo. 711.42(2) -- Settlements and stations, specific: Amundsen-Scott. 711.42(2) -- Settlements and stations, specific: Palmer. Z -- Miscellaneous. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*701) -- South Pole. (*764) -- Ross Island. (*726.52) -- Palmer Archipelago. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*7)[2005] |
| ISBN: | 0922915997 |
| SPRI record no.: | 172003 |
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