The Antarctic Report Podcast
Science Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.antarcticreport.com/
Episodes
Finding the oldest forest fossils in Antarctica - 280 million years old!
2/1/2018
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.
Duration:00:55:05
Dispatches from Continent Seven - the writings of Antarctic scientists
8/24/2017
From James Cook to today, New Zealand writer Rebecca Priestley discusses her anthology of Antarctic science, "Dispatches from Continent Seven"
Duration:00:28:29
NASA’s Operation IceBridge; surveying the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets
8/17/2017
We talk to John Sonntag, mission scientist for NASA’s Operation IceBridge, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown.
Duration:00:26:51
What it's like wintering over at the South Pole - thirteen times!
8/10/2017
We talk to astronomer Robert Schwarz at the South Pole who is just completing his thirteenth winter there!
Duration:00:36:45
Revisiting Terra Incognita, Travels in Antarctica, with Sara Wheeler
8/3/2017
We talk to travel writer, Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica.
Duration:00:27:45
Recounting the heroic exploits of Tom Crean - companion to both Scott and Shackleton
7/27/2017
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.
Duration:00:56:17
Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.
7/20/2017
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.
Duration:00:33:31
Speedo Diplomacy in the Ross Sea; successfully advocating for a Marine Protected Area
7/13/2017
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.
Duration:00:29:55
The Gamburtsev Mountains; unraveling the mystery of Antarctica's hidden peaks
7/6/2017
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.
Duration:00:36:12
The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg
6/29/2017
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
Duration:00:31:12