Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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077_1929_coda... Mar 19, 2019

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Byrd and Wilkins are done in Antarctica for the 1920s and head north, leaving many loose ends in the snow next to the dog corpses. With the depression changing the playing field it would fall to the primo fund raisers and the independently wealthy to pick those loose ends up in the 1930s but I'll get to that after covering some Australian and Norwegian 1929 action and knocking out some interviews I picked up in my travels through the austral summer. Victor the vostoknicchi coming your way in episode 078.

076_Updates Feb 06, 2019

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Some news and a correction.

075_Byrd_and_Wilkins_1929 Feb 03, 2019

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Wilkins returns to the arena, negating the worth of the winter spent at Little America. Byrd gets his pole flight and drunk.

074_Little_America_mid_winter_toast Jan 01, 2019

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Sly grogging among a large company of over winterers makes Byrd's winter on The Barrier a very different experience to that of previous expeditions. I set up a paypal account for anyone who wants to support the series. You can flick me some bucks for books, hosting services and travel expenses at https://www.paypal.me/icecoffeepodcast

073_Little_America_1928_part_two Dec 09, 2018

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Byrd gets on my nerves ninety years ago.

072_1928_part_1 Nov 14, 2018

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The first of the on site recordings for this Austral summer, episode 072 examines the preparations made to finally take aviation south and the echoes of Scott and Amundsen that resonate through the stories of Byrd and Wilkins.

071_ANARE_Club_part_3 Oct 02, 2018

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The final full episode arising from my trip to Hobart. Ron Hann, Peter Reid and Rob Nash speak about their time in Antarctica and I bloviate about my favourite podcasts. Ah, narrowcasting, you path to digression, you. I'm hoping the next time you'll hear from me I'll be speaking about November 1928 events at Deception Island at Deception Island in November 2018.

070_ANARE_Club_Part_two Sep 30, 2018

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The second tranche of interviews from my time at the Australian Antarctic Festival in Hobart. Barry Becker, Denise Alan and Trevor Luff discuss their time with ANARE and I look forward to seeing Dr Brewin in December.

069_Whaling_update Sep 30, 2018

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A look at practical, political and ecological developments arising as the whaling fleet, largely comprising Norwegian vessels and crews, set about the business of ridding the Southern Ocean of those pesky cetaceans. I'm none too fond of the booze culture of my home nation, the other nations I've lived, and Antarctic bases, but Nicholas Johnson's legacy warrants light, so I recorded one of the articles missing from the resurrected Big Dead Place website for inclusion in this episode.

068_ANARE_Club_part_one Sep 11, 2018

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Four of the interviews I recorded at the 2018 Australian Antarctic Festival in Hobart. Bob Tompkins, Joe Johnson, Ian Toohill and John Gillies share some fo their experiences in the south and Dave Davies rounds the episode out with some Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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