No Exit' in Antarctica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14775441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Bouvel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-380 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0533316499032003007 |
| OpenAlex | W4232861331 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article recounts the experiences of an all-male group of 59 winterers (explorers) who spent almost a year in Antarctica. As well as a group experience, it was also a deep personal experience. For the author; this stay in another world seeming far beyond that of humans was and remains a quasi-spiritual experience, of immersing oneself in the original, untouched splendour of nature, producing a kind of oceanic feeling at the most archaic level of the coself
Aesthetics · Art · Feeling · Psychoanalysis · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · History · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |