PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN LIFE IN THE ARCTIC
The article is devoted to the problems of applying modern scientific knowledge about psychology in the process of life in a limited habitat. Human activities in the changing climate of the Arctic caused by global warming. Analysis of human working conditions in the provision of navigation along the Northern Sea Route, the search and extraction of minerals on the coastal shelf of the Arctic. Issues of organizing the selection of labor resources for work in the harsh conditions of the Arctic Ocean. Questions of professional selection are considered. The article analyzes the problems of human life in a confined space on the example of labor collectives of offshore oil platforms, shipping logistics points, crews of manned underwater vehicles, research and military submarines. The technical characteristics of various objects of vital activity, both domestic and foreign, were used as initial data. An assessment of the impact of the environment on the working capacity, health, moral and psychological state of workers in labor collectives, the maximum possible duration of stay in a confined space was carried out. The results of the study made it possible to form objective, evidence-based knowledge about human psychology, as well as to highlight the issues of designing life objects. For the objectivity of the conclusions and recommendations obtained, foreign works on psychology are considered, in which the problems of the interaction of a person's adaptive capabilities with specific environmental factors in a limited space are studied.