Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-09-10

  157_Libertarians_on_ice

Coming back at yer, six months late and barely on topic, episode 157 addresses the increasingly loud and dunderheaded online chatter about escaping society and trying to establish society, only with more ice and surprise cannibalism. Libertarians proba...
2024-03-10

  155_TAE_and_IGY_foreshadowing

You don't just throw a Trans-Antarctic Expedition or an International Geophysical Year together.  These things take planning. Here's some background on the planners and introductions to some of the doers. 
2023-12-17

  154_Macquarie_Island_catch_up

Several years of Macquarie Island winters receive attention as I chill out under a Casuarina after several fraught months.
2023-12-15

  153_A_furtive_summiting_And_The_Frontier_Below

I give voice to another almost but not quite lost snippet from "Big Dead Place" and I give the microphone to Adam Fitzgerald who voices the introduction to Jeff Maynard's new book, "The Frontier Below."
2023-12-01

  152_Vodka_in_a_Vegemite_Jar

In 1983 Australian glaciologist Trevor Hamley joined a Soviet traverse from the Russian coastal station, Mirny, to Dome Charlie, high atop the Antarctic plateau. Bouncing about in the back of a T-55 tank converted into a living quarters/galley/dining s...
2023-11-27

  151_Jeff_Wilson_interview

Australian Antarctic Division alumnus, Jeff Wilson, recounts his experiences at Australian stations and in the Ross Sea. Road trip with our eldest. Good company at Anglesea. Good food. Good audio. One of the best days 2023 offered up.
2023-11-20

  150_Shepherds_of_Heard_Island

The ANARE presence at Heard Island runs to 1955 and switches focus to continental Antarctica.  The Island taught Australians to work on glaciers and to run dog teams, saw John Bechervaise cut his Antarctic teeth and lead the first ascent of Big Ben, an...
2023-11-09

  149_Heard_Island_Appendices

ANARE occupation at Heard Island ran short but intense, and sometimes in tents.  In addition to large quantities of wind and sleet the island provided a training ground for Antarctic travelers and their dogs.  Challenging maritime approaches led to inn...
2023-08-12

  148_The_Hope_Bay_Hype

Argentina and Britain needle each other over what huts go where around the Antarctica Peninsula and notes of protest change hands at a fevered pace. Hot heads at low temperatures lead to a low ebb in high latitudes camaraderie ashore at Hope Bayhia Esp...
2023-05-20

  147_Dr_Hillary_Sebeny

Yet another amazing interview through which to inform you and by which to relieve myself of the burden to write and record a chronological narrative episode this month.  "Ice Coffee": where me goofing off and being lazy still results in audio gold.