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Iceworld

Di: British Antarctic Survey
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  • Welcome to Antarctica. What's it like living and working in one of the most extreme environments in the world? Recorded at Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, the team talk extreme living, climate science, expeditions and becoming a community. From polar scientists to plumbers, these are interviews with ordinary people who are doing extraordinary jobs with British Antarctic Survey. Hosted and recorded by Nadia Frontier, marine biologist. A podcast from British Antarctic Survey, produced in partnership with Boffin Media. ++ Joining us in 2024? Why not start with Series 3.
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  • S3 Ep10: Engineers of Antarctica, with Jonathan Witherstone & Jaskiran Nagi

    S3 Ep10: Engineers of Antarctica, with Jonathan Witherstone & Jaskiran Nagi
    May 23 2024
    From living beside a growing ice chasm, to signing up to live in Antarctica through dark Antarctic Winter - Jaskiran Nagi and Jonathan Witherstone are electronics engineers with a shared love of knowing how things work and being outdoors.

    Jas chats about his work at Halley Research Station and maintaining the seismic instruments on the ice shelf there, and Jon reveals the low-tech secrets behind maintaining comms in the snow at Rothera Research Station.

    Iceworld is presented by marine biologist Nadia Frontier, produced in partnership with Boffin Media; cover photo by Dani Stewart.
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    25 min
  • S3: Fossil hunting and managing Antarctic mud, with the Seymour Island expedition team

    S3: Fossil hunting and managing Antarctic mud, with the Seymour Island expedition team
    May 8 2024
    Featuring ammonites shaped like giant paperclips, curry cooking in the field, and emergency mud liquidation techniques - this team of fossil hunters are fresh off their expedition to Antarctica's Seymour Island. Led by Dr Rowan Whittle from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), they want to understand how life on the Antarctic sea floor evolved over the last 100 million years.

    Host Nadia Frontier chats to Rowan about leading her first major Antarctic expedition, along with team members Dr James Witts from the Natural History Museum, BAS paleobiologist Dr Saurav Dutta, and Field Guide Sam Hunt.

    Iceworld is presented by marine biologist Nadia Frontier, produced in partnership with Boffin Media.
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    33 min
  • S3 Ep9: Watching wild weather in Antarctica, with Jo Cole

    S3 Ep9: Watching wild weather in Antarctica, with Jo Cole
    Apr 24 2024
    Meteorologist Jo Cole chats to Nadia Frontier about fixing weather stations in remote locations, and seeing the sun return after Winter from the top of a mountain.
    Being a meteorologist in Antarctica is a busy job! From launching weather balloons, to making hourly observations to support flights on the frozen continent, the information captured is important for safe operations *and* science.
    Produced in partnership with Boffin Media.
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    19 min

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Welcome to Antarctica. What's it like living and working in one of the most extreme environments in the world? Recorded at Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, the team talk extreme living, climate science, expeditions and becoming a community. From polar scientists to plumbers, these are interviews with ordinary people who are doing extraordinary jobs with British Antarctic Survey. Hosted and recorded by Nadia Frontier, marine biologist. A podcast from British Antarctic Survey, produced in partnership with Boffin Media. ++ Joining us in 2024? Why not start with Series 3.
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