Science, history, adventure, politics, and technology converge on the Antarctic Report podcast. Each week you’ll hear from an international expert with a compelling story on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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Finding the oldest forest fossils in Antarctica - 280 million years old!
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The 280 million year old trees; US Geologist Erik Gulbranson talks about his discovery in 2016 of the oldest forest fossils ever to be found in Antarctica.
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Dispatches from Continent Seven - the writings of Antarctic scientists
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From James Cook to today, New Zealand writer Rebecca Priestley discusses her anthology of Antarctic science, "Dispatches from Continent Seven"
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge; surveying the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets
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We talk to John Sonntag, mission scientist for NASA’s Operation IceBridge, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown.
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What it's like wintering over at the South Pole - thirteen times!
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We talk to astronomer Robert Schwarz at the South Pole who is just completing his thirteenth winter there!
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Revisiting Terra Incognita, Travels in Antarctica, with Sara Wheeler
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We talk to travel writer, Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica.
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Recounting the heroic exploits of Tom Crean - companion to both Scott and Shackleton
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We talk to Michael Smith, author of “An unsung Hero - Tom Crean”, the first biography of this Antarctic veteran, companion to both Scott and Shackleton.
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Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.
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We speak to Helen Amanda Fricker about Lake Whillans beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and how the WISSARD project obtained the first ever uncontaminated sample from an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, after drilling down into its icy depths.
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Speedo Diplomacy in the Ross Sea; successfully advocating for a Marine Protected Area
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We talk to Lewis Pugh, long distance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans, about the successful campaign that led to a Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea.
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The Gamburtsev Mountains; unraveling the mystery of Antarctica's hidden peaks
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We talk to Professor Robin Bell of Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory, about the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antartica, a sub-glacial range the size of the European Alps, hidden beneath the ice sheet.
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The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg
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We talk to one of the experts from Project MIDAS, Professor Adrian Luckman of Swansea University in Wales, about the dramatic rift growing across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, and the pending birth of what will be one of the largest icebergs ever
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