BIG CHANGES:LIVING IN ANTARCTICA:

LAURA VON ROSK´S EXPERIENCES.

BIG CHANGES: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO MOVE TO ANTARCTICA.

IN WHICH WAYS A PERSON HAS TO MAKE CHANGES TO ADAPT TO ANTARCTICA?

FOOD CLOTHING

HEALTH COMMUNICATION

FOOD IN THE ANTARCTICA

“The diet provided at each station is very similar to the kinds of food eaten at home in the UK. ““The main difference is that fresh fruit and vegetables are limited in their availability. ““Vegetables, fruit and meat come tinned, dried or frozen but foods such as bread are freshly baked”

(Natural Environment Research Council- British Antarctic Survey, 2012).

FOOD STORE AND SACKS OF FLOWER IN HALLEY/ROTHERA.

CLOTHING.

The CLIMATE of Antarctica is the coldest on the whole of Earth. Antarctica has the lowest temperature ever recorded on the ground on Earth: −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at Vostok Station. On most parts of the continent the snow rarely melts

CLOTHING.

POLAR CLOTHING: to work effectively it must: allow perspiration to disperse allow free movement be comfortable whatever the weather keep the body warm, especially fingers and toes THE LAYER METHOD: the best way of achieving these

needs. Several layers of lightweight clothes are better than one

or two layers of thick, heavy clothes. The layers allow good ventilation, and the trapped air acts

as good insulation against the cold.

HEALTH:It is vital that every

person living in A. is fit and healthy.

In case of crisis, there is the possibility of surgery in the largest stations (E.g. Rothera).

◦COMMUNICATION:◦Life and Death.◦Comm. Systems: key

part of any Research Station.

◦Permanent Satellite Links to the outside world: Broad Band Internet and a sophisticated telephone network.

◦ Internal com: Radios, portable satellite phones, walkie-talkie systems. (disrupted by the weather) HEALTH AND

COMMUNICATION

THE STORY OF LAURA VON ROSK.

LAURA ´S EXPERIENCES.

Lived in Antarctica for 3 months

The experience happened during the (north) fall of

2011

She is an artist

(painter)

Usually, she lives in

Philadelphia and NY

She worked with a team of scientists, as a field/research

assistant and Art/Science liaison

CHANGES IN HER ART/ WORK

“Landscapes is the source for the images I paint. The paintings may be about a specific place, or a certain

experience of a place.” (Von Rosk, L., 2011)

DEAD PINEUntitled

CHANGES IN HER ART/ WORK

MOAT MELT.

BLUE GLACIERMT. EREBUS

WOULD YOU DARE TO GO TO ANTARCTICA?

SOURCES.

Natural Environment Research Council. British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved from:

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geography/weather/aurora.php

www.lauravonrosk.com