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Antarctic Medicine
Desmond J. Lugg, MD, FAFOM
JAMA. 2000;283:2082-2084.
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INTRODUCTION
During the early part of the long polar night Lieutenant Danco died. Except for the depression of this melancholy bereavement, the health of the members of the expedition was fairly good; but the 70 days of continued darkness weighed heavily upon us.—Frederick A. Cook, MD, 19001
With its long winters of unremitting darkness, cold, and isolation, Antarctica is perhaps the harshest sustained human environment on earth. It would have astonished Dr Cook, who accompanied the first winter expedition to Antarctica in 1898, to know that 100 years later 18 nations would be operating 37 winter stations in the Antarctic, south of the 60th parallel,2 and that more than 10,000 tourists and adventure seekers would visit Antarctica in the austral summer.
The environment is no less challenging now than it was then, however, and Antarctica continues to provide a natural laboratory in human response to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Health Care in Antarctica
Epidemiology
Health Care Delivery
Medical Consequences of the Antarctic Environment
Endocrine Function Cardiovascular Fitness Immune Function Psychological Adaptation
Author Affiliation: Polar Medicine, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia.
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