Lore and Law: Sense of Place, Sense of Right and Pro-Environmental Behaviour of Support and Science in the Antarctic

Specifically, it will identify decision factors about human behaviour that promote the protection and resilience of Antarctic eco-systems, or endanger them. A collection of numerical and verbal data from scientists and science support personnel, regarding the manner in which they came to hold their current mental image of Antarctica, and the values they attached to Antarctica in connection to the natural environment was collected.

This study used two data collection techniques. The first is a self-administered questionnaire battery, which includes two measures of values specifically related to one’s general environmental stance, as well as some basic demographic information. The second technique is an interview, in which a person’s values specifically related to Antarctica are explored.