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Education: 1994: Ph.D. (Psychology) University of British Columbia Dissertation: The structure of environmental relationships in polar regions. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Bio. & research activities: I have carried out an active research programme over the last ten years. This research has focussed on human behaviour in extreme and unusual environments, and has included work supported under the auspices of the Canadian Polar Continental Shelf Project, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and Antarctica New Zealand. Besides this empirical work, abiding theoretical interests include personality psychology (primarily the application of big five factors to life in extreme environments), formation and change of the self-concept, and the growth of close relationships. Recently, I have co-authored (with Peter Suedfeld) a chapter on _capsule environments_, which appeared in the 2000 Annual Review of Psychology. In the past year, I have completed a study of mood and activity levels in an isolated Antarctic group (in press), and I am currently conducting three further projects: the dimensions of prototypical positive and negative incidents in isolated settings, the relationship of prior expectations on mood at a polar base, and an archival study of _heroic age_ diaries and letters, focussing on the conceptual complexity of explorers before, during, and after their first expedition to the Antarctic . Pertinent publications • Steel,G.D. (in press). Polar bonds: Environmental relationships in the polar regions. Environment and Behavior. o Steel,G.D. (in press). Polar moods: Third-quarter phenomena in theAntarctic. Environment and Behavior. • Steel,G.D., Callaway, M., Suedfeld, P., & Palinkas, L. (1995). Human sleep-wake cycles in the High Arctic: Effects of unusual photoperiodicity in the natural setting. Biological Rhythm Research, 26, 582-595. • Steel,G.D., & Suedfeld, P. (1993). Development of interpersonal relationships in an isolated group. In A. Barabasz & M. Barabasz (Eds.) • Clinical and experimental restricted environmental stimulation: New developments and perspectives. New York:Springer-Verlag. • Steel,G.D., & Suedfeld, P. (1992). _Temporal patterns of affect in an isolated group. Environment and Behavior, 23, 749-765. • Steel,G.D., & Suedfeld, P. (1998). Use of free time in a simulated space shuttle mission. CAPSULS: A 7-day Space Simulation: Final Report and Scientific Results, Montreal, Canada: Canadian Space Agency. • Steel,G.D., Suedfeld, P., & Palinkas, L. (1993). People and place: TheAntarctic environmental relationship. Antarctic Journal of the U.S, 28. • Steel,G.D., Suedfeld, P., Peri, A., & Palinkas, L. (1997). People in high latitudes: The "Big Five" personality characteristics of the circumpolar sojourner. Environment and Behavior, 29, 324-347. • Suedfeld,P., & Steel, G.D. (2000). The environmental psychology of capsulehabitats. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 227-253. • Suedfeld,P., Palinkas, L., & Steel, G.D. (1992). Psychological aspects of polar living. Antarctic Journal of the U.S., 27, 327. |
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• Weiss,K., Suedfeld, P., Steel, G.D & Tanaka, M. (2000). Psychological adjustment during three Japanese Antarctic research expeditions. Environment and Behavior, 32, 142-156. |