Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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087_What_happens_on_the_ice_ANDRILL_go_boil_your_head_Ed Oct 09, 2019

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Iceolation and why it's not a big deal these days, a fourteen year old interview with Professor Timothy Naish, and an excuse to use my favourite quote from my favourite robot.

086_Watkins_Wilkins Sep 27, 2019

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Jeff Maynard returns to the dive hut to discuss the non-voyage of the Nautilus and we receive a visitation from the ghost of an Antarctic feline. Then the sustained influence of James Wordie and the efforts of Gino Watkins get some attention to set the scene for further British efforts in the south. Oooh, foreshadowing and ghosts. Woooooooooooo!

085_Norwegians Aug 14, 2019

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Lars Christensen funds extensive coastal exploration in concert with his whaling exploits. A decade of Norwegian effort gets compressed into a single chagrined episode.

084_BANZARE_Part_3 Jul 01, 2019

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The best acronym in Antarctic history draws to a close and Sir Douglas leaves the southern continent for the last time. Similarly the Discovery makes its final transit of the Southern Ocean. | Some errors of fact that warrant addenda pass into your ears.

083_BANZARE_Mawson_needs_a_gin Jun 03, 2019

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The first BANZARE voyage plays out with much tension, flying and coal.

082_BANZARE_Mawson_rides_again May 13, 2019

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Old Dux Ipse thought he was the ducks nuts but the BANZARE looks more a dog's breakfast than the dog's bollocks. Another not-a-race sees the Discovery racing south on its penultimate voyage. Sir Douglas Mawson and John King Davis get on each other's nerves ninety years ago.

081_Interviews_and_soundscapes Apr 30, 2019

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Three interviews with staff at Bransfield House, Port Lockroy, one with a descendant of Bartholomew Sulivan, second mate on the Beagle under Fitzroy and Falklands Island farmer, and animal noises from the islands. Happy April, one and all.

080_Sam_Edmonds_and_taking_the_piss_out_of_Antarctica Apr 29, 2019

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Sam Edmonds is good company at high and low latitudes but you'll know that for yourself by the end of the interview, conducted north of Sydney with sulphur crested cockatoo and DeHavilland Canada Beaver accompaniment. Much has been written on high latitudes food but the residues receive less attention. After finding out about Antarctic sewage and sewerage I now understand why, but having done the yards it's only right that I put the information in your ears.

079_Meanwhile_and_Andrew_Atkin_in_interview Apr 26, 2019

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The world didn't stand still and await the outcomes of Wilkins' and Byrd's efforts with bated breath. This episode catches you up on Antarctic pertinent developments that the buzz caused by the aviators eclipsed. The episode also features an interview I recorded with Dr Andrew Atkin while I was in Sydney. Yes, if you get in touch and tell me you like the series there's a chance I could turn up in your home, drink your coffee, eat your food and sleep on the spare bed, too, all while talking non-stop about Antarctica. You never know your luck.

078_Victor_Serov Apr 23, 2019

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Victor and I spent time in the Zodiacs around the Antarctic Peninsula in late 2018. This unassuming man quickly demonstrated a tremendous experience in and love of Antarctica and cherished the opportunities our work offered him. I sat down with Victor to record a brief history of his Antarctic career after one of the presentations he gave to our team. This episode comprises that interview and audio from another of the presentations he gave, detailing his experiences at Vostok Station, the most remote and coldest of the permanent human presences in Antarctica. Vostok will feature in its own episode as the series approaches the era of the International Geophysical Year and again to re-recount the story of the winter without a power plant. I could write at length about Victor but I think he says it better and with a cooler accent, so get him in your ears.

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