Best Spitzbergen Podcasts (2024)

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168 Scramble for the North Pole 50:12

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Transcription of this episode | Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario showThis episode is a joint production of Curiously Polar and Polar Geopolitics. Joining today are Klaus Dodds, Professor for Geopolitics and Executive Dean for the School of Life Sciences and Environment at Royal Holloway, and Eric Paglia, postdoctoral res…

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167 The Worlds largest Waterfall 26:32

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: 01 Mapping the Ocean Floor: The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project was endorsed as part of the UN Ocean Decade. The project aims to map all the world’s oceans by the end of the decade. When it launched, only 6% of the seabed was mapped to a modern standard. On May…

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166 Race for the oldest ice 31:38

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL 01 Life at the bottom of the Southern Ocean: The team of the icebreaker RRS Sir David Attenborough has been testing the new deep sea research capabilities in the 5.6 km (3.5 mi) deep and least explored parts of the Southern Ocean, the Hesperides Deep, unveiling incredible l…

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165 The Holiday Episode 1:05:50

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario It's that time of the yearHAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! And while we covered some festive topics and traditions in the past, let's loaok at what we are doing for Christmas ourselves. The Curiously Polar Holiday Book Club (CPHBC): Jean-Baptiste Charcot by Dominique Le Brun SIKU: Knowing Our Ic…

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164 Solan Jensen Expedition Leader 32:51

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario Henry sent a message from a ship far far away. And that message had a discussion attached to it that he had with his colleague and legendary expedition leader Solan Jensen. They talked for half an hour about this and that, about the changes in the polar regions as a global issue, about ex…

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163 Sensational Discovery of Infamous Vasa Sisterhip in Sweden 19:22

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY OF INFAMOUS VASA SISTERSHIP IN SWEDENMaritime archaeologists from Sweden’s Vrak - Museum of Wrecks have discovered the wreck of a 17th century warship. In collaboration with the Swedish Navy the archaeologists surveyed a strait at Vaxholm just outside Stockholm. Whil…

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162 The Two Arctics - The Arctic Circle Assembly 2022 32:34

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario THE TWO ARCTICS - THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ASSEMBLY 2022The 9th Arctic Circle Assembly showcased a very divided Arctic Community, with Russian participants glaringly absent. It seems the circumpolar Arctic does not exist at the moment and the new chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Sar…

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161 Ice Breaker 38:50

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario HENRY IS BACK FROM THE ICE BREAKERAfter finishing its first season in the Arctic, Henry just returned from the French-flagged ice breaker Le Commandant Charcot and talks about his experiences and adventures in East Greenland, at the North Pole and in the Northwest Passage. This is an epis…

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160 Polar-Space Connections 42:31

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario // Satellite broadband for the Arctic Traditional, geostationary satellites are not at all optimal for use in polar areas/high latitude. A few operators are now building satellite networks in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) that promise better covaerage for polar areas and lighter equipmen…

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159 A New Polar Bear Population 43:32

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL:// A New Border The nearly 50-years-old infamous Whiskey War between Canada and Denmark/Greenland has come to an end with an agreement to divide Hans Island with the first land border between Canada and Denmark.// Proof of Life? Being a prime candidate for extraterrestrial …

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158 On The Ice Breaker 34:32

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario Henry returns to land and he and Chris discus the adventures on the ice breaker in the Antarctic. He describes the challenges of braving the elements in such remote and isolated locations. We learn about how this expedition was a bit different from what we usually expect. This is an episo…

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157 Meanwhile in Russia and Ukraine 23:30

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Sanctions jeopardize the future of Arctic construction projects The sanctions imposed on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine are impacting several large construction projects in the Arctic. The gravity-based structures (GBS), floating rigs, under assembly at the Nova…

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156 A Closer, Deeper Look on Ice 28:36

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Plan for satellites giving better Arctic weather observations Weather satellites, like Meteosat, are in a geostationary orbit that limits the field of view of the sensors in the polar areas. A consortium of the European Space Agency (ESA) and OHB Sweden is working on a con…

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155 A Most Remote Easter 14:16

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: North Pole research platform almost ready | Worrying sea ice concentration in Bering Sea | Easter celebrations in Ittoqqortoormiit MAIN TOPIC:Easter celebrations in Ittoqqortoormiit Being one of Greenland’s most remote villages with a population of only 345, Ittoqqortoormi…

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154 An Arctic Encounter 24:22

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL:Hundreds of meltwater lakes hide deep beneath the expanse of Antarctica’s ice sheet. | Russia to invite non-Arctic states developing the Arctic | Meeting the Arctic: The Arctic Encounter Symposium 2022 Meeting the Arctic: The Arctic Encounter Symposium 2022 After a long pan…

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153 A Siberian Rewilding 27:26

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: 01 Arctic Lightnings: A dramatic rise in lightnings last summer saw nearly double as many strikes as the previous nine years combined in the High Arctic which correlates with global temperature anomalies and can become an important climate crisis indicator. | 02 Scottish A…

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152 Polar Newsreel 42:56

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Ten Pioneering Women of Antarctica and the Places Named for Them | Fossils in a Forgotten Ice Core Rewrite Greenland’s Icy Past | Beast of the Central Arctic | Seals help researchers collect data from under the ice | Obsessed by polar exploration? This is an episode of the…

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Polar Newsreel: Nature's Teflon 🐚 37:20

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: 32000 year old plant revived Scientists in Vienna are seeking to sequence the genome of an ancient flowering plant (Silene stenophylla) believed to have been buried 32,000 years ago by an Ice Age squirrel near the banks of the Kolyma River, a top site for people looking fo…

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150 The Ugly Effects of Science and Tourism in the Polar Regions 41:26

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles Extremes of 40C above normal. Antarctic and Arctic temperatures have shocked researchers. Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels. | Lowest extent of Antarctic sea-ice since the…

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149 Endurance! ⚓️ (also: Henry's back!) 38:15

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario ENDURANCE FOUND!: The Endurance22 expedition has found Shackleton's ship! Probably the most amazing shipwreck discovery happened 3008m below the frozen Weddell Sea on the 100th anniversary of the Boss' burial at the cemetery in Grytviken, South Georgia. POLAR NEWSREEL: Arctic Council on h…

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148 Polar Newsreel: Deep-Sea Roombas and Aliens 👽 46:54

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Women in Polar Research: How a 1969 Six-Women Scientific Expedition in Antarctica Reveals a Blatant Gender Gap The first women landed at the South Pole at the end of the 1960s and their story highlights some of the gender issues at the time but also how the gender gap is s…

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147 Polar Newsreel (Click Click 📸) 43:20

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Stark Black and White Photos Capture Life in a Melting Arctic Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson has documented the Arctic and its people for over 40 years. Black and white photos document the challenging life of humans and their sled dogs in various countries of the A…

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146 Polar Newsreel (Hare Journey 🐇) 51:37

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: Strategic maneuvers of the Russian fleet | Beavers moving north | Arctic sea ice projections | Nanoplastics detected obove both polar circles in Greenland and Antarctica | Vanishing king penguin colony | Penguins move further South | A68 iceberg freshening the Southern Oce…

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145 Polar Newsreel (Millions of Nests 🧊🐟) 47:38

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREEL: One of Svalbard's two internet cables is still broken from an unknown cause since January 7 and is a reminder of the vulnerability of digital infrastructure critical for research and the public in the North. | New research found that narwhals quickly react to anthropogenic…

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144 Polar Newsreel (Follow the North Star!) 49:58

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143 Polar Newsreel 58:40

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario The 1st December 2021 marked the 62nd anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58. The total number of Parties to the Treaty is now 54. Among…

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142 Climate COP26 in Glasgow 44:08

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELIn episode 141 we promised you an update on the 40th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Unfortunately, for the 5th year in a row there was no progress on the proposed Marine Protected Areas. // A new study doc…

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141 Polar Newsreel (WALRUS FROM SPACE!) 1:06:52

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario On today's Polar Newsreel: Russia aims for year-round shipping on the Northern Sea Route in 2022 or 2023 to go from about 1/10th to 1/3rd of the Panama Canal shipping volume. Sign the petition and help protect Antarctica by adding your name to the Call On CCAMLR petition to protect Antarc…

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140 Polar Explorers, pt. 3: The Real Most Interesting Man In The World 1:20:24

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELScientists found that puffins and other auk birds suffer in washing-machine-like waves. // A new research paper outlines how penguin poop reveals changes in the Antarctic ocean. // Help scientists and count penguins online or upload your whale pictures to increase the unders…

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139 From Earth to Space and Back Again 45:30

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELAs nations seek increased catches in the Southern Ocean, scientists are trying to track the impacts of fishing and climate change on this vital part of the Antarctic food chain. // New Research and Monitoring Plan for the South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Marine Pro…

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138 Unintended Consequences: The EU Seal Ban and Indigenous Seal Hunters 1:05:05

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELProtection of marine wildlife can result in conflicts with small scale fishing communities. // Protection of marine wildlife can give healthier ecosystems and increased carbon capture by the ocean: meet the sea otter. // More whales equals more carbon storage. // After the d…

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137 A Comprehensive Polar Library, Part 1 53:18

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELThere have been historical mentions of polar bears using tools to hunt walruses mainly based on accounts by Inuit local. An article by Dr Ian Stirling, the foremost authority on polar bears, reviews the knowledge on the matter and concluded that "possible tool use by polar b…

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136 Back With a Vengeance 46:57

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELThe time of discoveries in the polar regions has not ended yet. A team that was aiming to land at Oodaaq island, the northernost dry land in the world north of Greenland, actually landed on new emerged bank slightly northwest of it and thus serendipitously discovered the, so…

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135 The Best Explorer Polarquest 39:06

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELA decision by the National Geographic Society gave popular recognition to the Southern Ocean as the World’s fifth ocean with its own distinct features. On Amery Ice Shelf a large meltwater lake suddenly disappeared. After spending 24,000 years frozen in permafrost a tiny mul…

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134 Polar Explorers, pt. 2: The Heroine of Wrangel Island 1:01:01

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry / Mario POLAR NEWSREELIn Episode #125 we talked about Dinosaurs in Antarctica and recently we stumbled across the trailer for an upcoming film with the same title, check it out! The 43rd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting between 14 and 24 June marks the 60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treat…

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133 Mario is Back 26:16

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry POLAR NEWSREELAfter the 2019 Ministerial meeting could not agree on a joint ministerial declaration the Arctic Council adopted in Reykjavík its first-ever strategic plan for the Council's work for the next ten years, marking the end of the two-year Icelandic Chairmanship and beginning of the Russ…

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132 Polar Explorers, pt. 1: The Woman Who Tamed The Arctic 32:39

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry POLAR NEWSREEL20-24°C hotter than average but truly mind-boggling for this time of year, a ferocious heatwave has reached large parts of the Russian Arctic with +30°C (86.5°F). The workhorse of Antarctic field operations, the Twin Otter DHC-6, had its 1st flight 56 yrs ago in 1965 - Happy Birthda…

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131 Scramble for the North Pole 50:36

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry POLAR NEWSREEL: A new batch of new satellites brings broadband connectivity services to some of the world’s hardest to reach places. German start-up Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed a contract with Norway's Andøya Space for a 2022 maiden flight of the company’s RFA One small-satellite launch ve…

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130 Drifting North 42:00

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry POLAR NEWSREELOur long-time friend and most favourite of all icebergs, A-68A, is gone. Russia starts its work on a fiber optic cable to connect the Asian part of the Russian Arctic. And in Greenland a new government has taken over with the youngest prime minister in the country’s history. DRIFTIN…

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129 Jeanette: The Mother of Modern Arctic Exploration 35:02

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Polar NewsreelAs the planet continues to heat up, a third of all Antarctic ice shelves risk to collapse, a new study founds. At the same time, Russia orchestrates a complex Arctic military exercise, letting three nuclear submarines surfacing simultaneously through the ice close to the North Pole.…

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128 Iceland Erupts 39:46

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry shownotes This is an episode of the Curiously Polar podcast withChris Marquardt https://chrismarquardt.com/Henry Páll Wulff: https://henrypall.com/ Listen to all podcast episodes at https://curiouslypolar.com All video episodes at https://tfttf.com/curiouslypolarvideo Find us here:Web: https://cu…

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127 Outer Space, So Close 43:08

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry POLAR NEWSREEL: Soon we may be start to talk not only about the Polar Regions of Planet Earth, but maybe even about the Polar Regions of the Moon! Meanwhile, a volcanic fissure opened in Iceland creating a beautiful touristic eruption. And the British Antarctic Survey starts its event series Extr…

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126 Running AMOC 45:54

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Polar Newsreel: One of the most bizarre news of the polar regions comes from China where recently a so-called polar bear hotel opened, praising all its rooms having an exceptional view on the completely enclosed polar bears. In Antarctica, renowned German research icebreaker Polarstern squeezed t…

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124 The Polar Vortex Anomaly 59:40

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Polar Newsreel: Our North American correspondent, Robert, forwarded us the film Drifting North: Into the Polar Night by Amy Richman, a collaboration between the University of Colorado Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, from the first …

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123 A Brief History of the Discovery of Antarctica 37:18

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Watch this on video | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Polar Newsreel: A wallet lost by US navy meteorologist on Antarctica in the 1960s turned up during demolition work])https://future.usap.gov/demolition-new-aims-construction/= at McMurdo base 53 years later. Nornickel must pay €1.62 billion for the huge Arctic oil spill. Main Topic:Since the times…

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125 When Dinosaurs Roamed Antarctica 38:57

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Subscribe to our NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL | Buy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Polar Newsreel If lockdown is taking it too hard on you, you might find some ease drawing some icebergs and see how they float. | To see an actual iceberg the size of Greater London you can follow the brand new one recently calved from Brunt Ice Shelf. | At the same time the firs…

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122 Logistical Extravaganza 31:11

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Watch this on videoBuy us a coffee: Chris / Henry News: Get a glimpse on the current seismic activity around the South Shetland Islands and embrace the break-up of Iceberg a-68a into smaller fragments that still are incredibly large or dive into geopolitics, architecture, glaciology, photography and conservation of Antarctica and more with the vide…

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121 Crash Landing 26:52

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Watch this on videoBuy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Hostile conditions in Antarctica make scientific research rather difficult, so most scientists rarely visit the 7th continent, instead using satellite data to complete their work. But sometimes even scientists are baffled when they find structures on satellites pictures they cannot explain right awa…

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120 United in Peace? Research at the End of the World 37:29

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Watch this on videoBuy us a coffee: Chris / Henry Antarctica is a very special place in many ways. The sheer size of its ice cover, the astonishing wilderness, the inaccessibility, being Earth's only continent without a native human population - it seems like the last vastly untamed place on earth. It is because of that that the 7th continent turne…

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119 Operation Morning Light 28:27

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Watch this on videoBuy us a coffee: Chris Henry A story about space archaeology with Alice Gorman at the Ologies podcast brought us the story about a nuclear-powered Soviet reconnaissance satellite. Part of the Soviet Union's Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite programme, or RORSAT (Russian: Upravlyaemy Sputnik Aktivnyy, US-A), the satellite was a…

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