Social Factors that Make Work in Arctic Region Attractive

摘要

The article presents the results of the sociological research, aimed to find the social factors of the attractiveness of the Arctic for the young people. The authors, analyzing the motivation of the young specialists, ready to fulfil themselves professionally in the Arctic region, pay special attention to the study of such aspects as infrastructure development, working conditions, climatic features and the state of health of the respondents. The methods of the research allowed differentiating the respondents' answers by gender and by the degree of readiness to work in the Arctic. In other words, the authors were able to identify the difference in the assessment of the proposed factors between men and women, as well as between those who with different probability are going to be realized in the Arctic.