Defibration of wood in the expedition huts of Antarctica: An unusual deterioration process occurring in the polar environment

Agriculture & Biology

• Antarctica 80%
• deterioration 58%
• historic sites 17%
• cell walls 17%
• wood anatomy 15%
• wood fibers 14%
• chemical reactions 13%
• cement 12%
• salt concentration 12%
• salts 8%
• cells 7%
• degradation 7%
• water 4%
• methodology 3%

Social Sciences

• Antarctica 100%
• damages 61%
• integrity 31%
• water 28%
• cause 21%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Antarctica 62%
• cell 22%
• fiber 13%
• salt 12%
• damage 11%
• chemical reaction 8%
• cement (construction material) 7%
• moisture 6%
• degradation 5%
• exposure 5%
• sea 4%
• water 2%
• method 1%