World ocean flight around the North Pole: Effects to pilots’ psychophysiological state

Abstract

In order to determine the main human body psychophysiological parameters, assisting to implementation of work during the flight in the Arctic region, there were carried out the assessment of some pilots’ psychological parameters before and after round-the-world oceanic flight around the North Pole on the Arctic Ocean. The data show the development of fatigue and general psycho-emotional stress after long term Arctic flight, which indicate some adaptability decrease, but are not critical to limit the professional duties performance after rest. The study indicates the pilots’ organism high adaptive capacity under the work extreme loads in the Arctic region. Keywords— psychophysiology, Arctic region, pilots, adaptation