Antarctic Heritage Perceptions from Scott Base Personnel Interviews

Semi-structured interviews with Scott Base personnel, including staff, scientists, and management, investigating individual perceptions of Antarctic heritage. The study utilized a typology of heritage (emotional, cultural, natural, global) and involved visits to historic sites in the Ross Sea Region. Data was collected by SCIOPS during two site visits, with the last recorded update in 1999.

Use Cases

• Analyze interview transcripts for repeated themes on the 'emotional' and 'cultural' heritage typologies defined in the study.
• Correlate participant backgrounds (e.g., winter support staff, management) with their perceptions of 'natural' or 'global' heritage.
• Use discussions from visits to specific heritage sites like Scott's Discovery Hut to model factors influencing tourism engagement in the Ross Sea Region.

Strengths

• Interview data covers multiple personnel roles including support staff, scientists, and management.
• Analysis framework based on a defined four-version typology of Antarctic heritage.

Limitations

• Sample size and number of interviews are unknown, limiting statistical generalizability.
• Data is from 1999 and may not reflect current perceptions or conditions.
• Lack of available columns or structured metadata hinders systematic analysis.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, via NASA EarthData.

Collection Method

Semi-structured, one-on-one interviews conducted during two visits to Scott Base, Antarctica.

Time Range

Interviews conducted prior to 1999; specific collection dates unknown.

Freshness

Last updated in 1999; no update frequency indicated.

Geography

Scott Base, New Zealand's Antarctic research base in the Ross Dependency, and surrounding Ross Sea Region heritage sites.