Endurance: Surviving Antarctica | Interview with Chris Turney | 6
Against The Odds14 Sep 2021

Endurance: Surviving Antarctica | Interview with Chris Turney | 6

Chris Turney is an Earth scientist studying the causes and impacts of environmental and climate change with a focus on the Antarctic. Turney shares tales from his own ambitious expeditions to Antarctica and the greatest challenges Shackelton and his crew faced on the ice.

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