This is the second part of a two-part documentary recording the International Biomedical Expedition to the Antarctic. The purpose of the expedition was to measure the effects of the Antarctic environment on both the human body and mind, including the extreme cold climate, isolation and separation from family and home. Shows the physiological and psychological pressures and physical limits the Expedition set for themselves. Some coped, some didn’t - but the ordeal had a lasting effect on all of them. Narrated by W. Francis Bell.
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ACMI Identifier
016889
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Antarctica
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental health
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social isolation
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Social isolation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cold - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Environmental health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Experiments
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology, Physiological
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Psychology)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)