This is a two-part documentary about an international group of scientists who organised an expedition to the Antarctic. For three months they measured the stresses of Antarctic life on body and mind. Part 1 deals with the laboratory phase of the expedition as the scientists subject themselves to some gruelling experiments to discover the limits of their endurance. Suitable for upper secondary level.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016888
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Adaptation (Biology)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Survival skills
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Adaptability (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cold - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Experiments
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival skills
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Survival skills
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Adaptation (Biology)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientific expeditions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientists
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)