Abstract
This paper reviews literature related to the methods of personnel selection and the psychological assessment techniques for long duration missions in Antarctica and analogous environment. Drawing heavily from the current state of knowledge exemplified by various studies, this paper seeks to give an overview of some of the psychological factors pertinent to successful adaptation, and emphasizes the necessity of a standardized psychological assessment battery for use in selection of personnel for deployment to isolated and extreme environment.
Highlights
It is harder to imagine the hostility of an extreme environment when human life is succumbed to the comforts of modern advancements of technological era
Considering the much interest these days on current fantasies about space travel and planetary exploration, the present study assumes greater significance, because it attempts to review literature dealing with selection procedures and psychological assessment techniques in personnel selection for long duration missions in Antarctica and analogous environment
This study found no significant agreements between those selected by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) panel and the selection one would have recommended based on the psychological test profiles of Selection of Antarctic Personnel (SOAP) battery
Summary
It is harder to imagine the hostility of an extreme environment when human life is succumbed to the comforts of modern advancements of technological era. People involved in long-duration voyages to high mountain peaks, desert islands, circumpolar regions, outer space mission, nuclear submarines, underwater laboratory and analogue environment are isolated and deployed in the most adverse environment that many consider to be hostile and unusual. Considering the much interest these days on current fantasies about space travel and planetary exploration, the present study assumes greater significance, because it attempts to review literature dealing with selection procedures and psychological assessment techniques in personnel selection for long duration missions in Antarctica and analogous environment. Drawing heavily from the current state of knowledge exemplified by various studies, this paper seeks to give an overview of some of the psychological factors pertinent to successful adaptation, and emphasizes the necessity of a standardized psychological battery of tests for use in selection of personnel to isolated and extreme environment
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