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"Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar
environments. Our study, published today in
PLOS Climate, investigated what
their experiences are actually like.
Fieldwork in the Arctic and Antarctica is a critical part of the scientific
research that’s addressing the unprecedented challenges of global climate
change. It ranges from day trips to living onboard research ships in the Arctic
and Southern Oceans, to spending months at research bases in the polar regions.
Women play a critical role in just about all of it. They take on fieldwork
roles from research assistant to team leader. However, our survey found women
overwhelmingly report negative experiences during polar fieldwork.
Conditions need to change – institutions and fieldwork leaders have a
responsibility to consider women’s needs. They also must increase
accountability for problematic behaviour."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
