Polar Sleep: Understanding Circadian Challenges and Gender Dynamics

Nicholas H. van den Berg (Co-author)
Pattyn, N. (Co-author)

Vital Signs & Performance

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral scientific presentation

Description

Sleep is disturbed in Antarctica, and this is most often attributed to light disturbances (24-hour darkness in winter, and 24-hour sunlight in summer). However this work considers how other factors might impact sleep (isolation, women as minority in confined stations, and barren landscape). This talk offers implications directly for space travel, and implications for military operations in polar latitudes.

Period	19 Aug 2024 → 24 Aug 2024
Event title	Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Event type	Conference
Conference number	11
Location	Pucon, ChileShow on map