From a distance, Antarctica invokes extreme imaginaries and possibilities. In the practice of everyday human Antarctic life, however, daily tasks and risks are heavily managed, mitigated, and overseen. To analyze the spectacular and mundane natures of human life in Antarctica, I will compare the paramilitary practicalities of Antarctic research station and field camp life with the visions of the Antarctic as a place of sublime wild nature, violent death, and climate disaster. Using three signature events in Antarctic field training— predeparture, orientation, and navigation—I consider how people visiting the Antarctic are trained to order their lives and work, especially in preparation for emergencies. Notions of risk, danger, and catastrophe hinge on the broader historical and cultural contexts of Antarctica as a frontier zone, making preparedness in the Antarctic gendered, militaristic, and highly ritualized. Finally, I compare climate catastrophe at a global scale—the other sort and scale of emergency Antarctic people are occupied with—with how traditional field preparedness maps onto this potential disaster. In field training, Antarctic people counter the tropes of wild nature with extreme and exaggerated performances of bureaucracy; this analysis, then, considers the generative potential of technocratic practices in the face of the Anthropocene, an environmental expression of human triumph and disaster. Practicing risk management requires practices of embodiment as well as literal and figurative orientations to potential hazards.

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为极地边境的灾难做准备

从远处看，南极洲唤起了极端的想象和可能性。然而，在人类南极日常生活中，日常任务和风险得到了严格管理，缓解和监督。为了分析南极人类生活的壮观和平凡的性质，我将把南极研究站和野外露营生活的准军事实用性与南极洲作为崇高野生自然，暴力死亡和气候灾难的地方的愿景进行比较。我使用南极野外训练中的三个标志性事件（出发前，定向和航行）来考虑如何培训南极人如何安排生活和工作，尤其是在紧急情况下的准备工作。风险，危险和巨灾的概念取决于南极洲作为边境地区的广泛历史和文化背景，在南极进行备战，性别，军国主义和高度仪式化。最后，我比较了全球范围（其他种类和规模的紧急南极人所住处）的气候灾难，以及传统的现场准备如何映射到这一潜在灾难上。在野外训练中，南极人以极端和夸张的官僚作风来反抗野性。然后，该分析考虑了人类世时期技术官僚作风的产生潜力，这是人类胜利与灾难的环境表现。进行风险管理需要实践的体现，以及对潜在危害的字面和形象化方向。我将全球范围的气候灾难（南极紧急情况的其他种类和规模）与传统的现场准备如何映射到这种潜在灾难进行了比较。在野外训练中，南极人以极端和夸张的官僚作风来反抗野性。然后，该分析考虑了人类世时期技术官僚作风的产生潜力，这是人类胜利与灾难的环境表现。进行风险管理需要实践的体现，以及对潜在危害的字面和形象化方向。我将全球范围的气候灾难（南极紧急情况的其他种类和规模）与传统的现场准备工作如何映射到这种潜在灾难进行了比较。在野外训练中，南极人以极端和夸张的官僚作风来反抗野性。然后，该分析考虑了人类世时期技术官僚作风的产生潜力，这是人类胜利与灾难的一种环境表现。进行风险管理需要实践的体现，以及对潜在危害的字面和形象化方向。南极人以极端和夸张的官僚作风来反抗野性。然后，该分析考虑了人类世时期技术官僚作风的产生潜力，这是人类胜利与灾难的一种环境表现。进行风险管理需要实践的体现，以及对潜在危害的字面和形象化方向。南极人以极端和夸张的官僚作风来反抗野性。然后，该分析考虑了人类世时期技术官僚作风的产生潜力，这是人类胜利与灾难的一种环境表现。进行风险管理需要实践的体现，以及对潜在危害的字面和形象化方向。