Thomas Walkington speaks about the wreck of the Pegasus and his time on the ice as part of VXE-6.
Jim Butler showers praise on me and my output after discussing how he engages with Antarctica from half a world away.
Jeff Maynard maps how he chose what to include and what to leave out of his most recent book about Sir Hubert Wilkins.

Strap your ears in, folks.
This is a big 'un. 

I wasn't expecting the Greek shipping magnate.

Three members of the NBSAE drown in an accident on the barrier edge. 
Every other member of the NBSAE does their bit in making the project one of the most productive and smooth running examples of its type and of its time. 
Besides kicking off or sustaining the high latitudes careers of several scientist with extremely long Ice Coffee legs the glaciology, geology and meteorology carried out during the two winters and three summers spent at Maudheim gave the footing for and set a high bar for subsequent scientific projects coming down the IGY pike. 

John Giaever storms it in as a high latitudes can-do-mo-fo with an international team of scientists.  No matter how many committees got involved and put their bureaucratic handbrake on the NBSAE, the residents of Maudheim got south and got on with their data gathering and trail prep.

The role of ham radio operators in keeping Antarcticans sane through the long dark is given some attention. 
Additional audio of Vivian Fuchs speaking to Donald Milner at the BBC was made available by Thomas Henderson of Graceful Willow Productions and with the permission of Jules Madey (http://www.gwillow.com/)

The music closing out this episode is "Can you hear me: part 1" composed by Wally Gunn (http://www.wallygunn.com/) and performed by Passepartout Duo (https://passepartoutduo.com/).

A brief and patchy history of Chile as context for the nation's expeditions southward in the twentieth century. 

Heard and Macquarrie Islands: tragedy, rockets, sheep, and ham.