Mon, 30 December 2019
In an epic episode spanning an hour and a half and featuring a singing leopard seal, blowing humpbacks and the tuneless honking of the penguins the residents of Little America and Bolling Advance Base and the various dog and half-track teams reconvene and get out of Dodge aboard the Jacob Ruppert and the Bear. |
Tue, 24 December 2019
Byrd gets exactly what he asks for, what he deserves, and then saved, spoiling the symmetry of an otherwise well mapped story of hubris and punishment in the Greek myth mold. |
Fri, 22 November 2019
Byrd's second expedition re-colonises Byrd's first expedition's digs after lots of digging. |
Wed, 9 October 2019
Boom! |
Wed, 9 October 2019
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.
Direct download: 087_What_happens_on_the_ice_ANDRILL_go_boil_your_head_ed.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:37am EDT |
Thu, 26 September 2019
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. |
Wed, 14 August 2019
Lars Christensen funds extensive coastal exploration in concert with his whaling exploits. A decade of Norwegian effort gets compressed into a single chagrined episode. |
Mon, 1 July 2019
The best acronym in Antarctic history draws to a close and Sir Douglas leaves the southern continent for the last time.
Direct download: 084_BANZAR_Mawson_comes_in_out_of_the_coaled.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 4:27pm EDT |
Mon, 3 June 2019
The first BANZARE voyage plays out with much tension, flying and coal. |
Mon, 13 May 2019
Old Dux Ipse thought he was the ducks nuts but the BANZARE looks more a dog's breakfast than the dog's bollocks. |
Tue, 30 April 2019
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. |
Mon, 29 April 2019
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.
Direct download: 080_Sam_Edmonds_and_Taking_the_piss_out_of_Antarctica.mp3
Category:History and then an interview with a contemporary Antarcican -- posted at: 7:18am EDT |
Fri, 26 April 2019
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.
Direct download: 079_Meanwhile_and_Andrew_Atkin_in_interview.mp3
Category:History and then an interview with a contemporary Antarcican -- posted at: 3:05am EDT |
Tue, 23 April 2019
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. |
Mon, 18 March 2019
Byrd and Wilkins are done in Antarctica for the 1920s and head north, leaving many loose ends in the snow next to the dog corpses. |
Wed, 6 February 2019
Some news and a correction. |
Sun, 3 February 2019
Wilkins returns to the arena, negating the worth of the winter spent at Little America. |
Mon, 31 December 2018
Sly grogging among a large company of over winterers makes Byrd's winter on The Barrier a very different experience to that of previous expeditions. |