Antarctic Personnel Environmental Values and Sense of Place

Twenty-eight in-depth interviews and forty-two questionnaire batteries collected from scientists and support personnel during the 2011/12 Antarctic season. The data investigates environmentally responsible decision-making, capturing mental images of Antarctica and attached environmental values. The study was conducted by SCIOPS and catalogued via NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze interview transcripts to model the relationship between a person's described 'sense of place' and their reported pro-environmental behaviors.
• Correlate questionnaire scores on general environmental stance with demographic information to identify key decision factors.
• Compare verbal data on values attached to Antarctica's natural environment with numerical survey measures to assess attitude-behavior consistency.

Strengths

• Near-100% response rate from the sampled population.
• Combines two data collection techniques: 28 semi-structured interviews and 42 questionnaire batteries.

Limitations

• Small sample size of 70 total records (28 interviews + 42 questionnaires).
• Data is temporally limited, primarily from a single Antarctic season (2011/12).
• Lack of column-level metadata limits precise feature analysis.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, catalogued via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Self-administered questionnaire battery and in-depth, semi-structured interviews.

Time Range

2011/12 Antarctic season.

Freshness

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Geography

Antarctic research stations and field sites.