S2 Ep2: Voyaging to South Georgia, with whales
The voyage of the James Clark Ross continues as the ship approaches its first stop after four week at sea, South Georgia at 54° South. On the way we hear tales of humpback whales, wandering albatross ...
18 Jan 202224min
S2 Ep1: How did people get to Antarctica in a pandemic?
The RRS James Clark Ross set sail from Harwich on 4th November 2020 with a group composed of the British Antarctic Survey staff and ship’s crew. It was a rare opportunity for those due to take up pos...
18 Jan 202223min
S1 Ep6: Amazing underwater Antarctica, with Aurelia Reichardt, Nadescha Zwerschke and Calum Stronach
Blue carbon capture, cold water gigantism, iceberg scouring, algal blooms…this episode covers a lot of ground! Rothera Field Guide Rob Taylor speaks with Aurelia Reichardt, Nadescha Zwerschke and Calu...
2 Jul 202038min
S1 Ep5: Prem Gill on spotting Antarctic seals from space
Rob Taylor is joined by Prem Gill, who has just completed two weeks of fieldwork as part of his PhD looking at seals from space. Find out why investigating how much light different Antarctic seal spec...
20 Mar 202015min
S1 Ep4: Josh Eveson on studying the atmosphere at Halley Research Station
Atmospheric Chemist Josh Eveson joins Rob Taylor to talk about the atmosphere and weather research taking place at Halley Research Station. More than 30 years after the hole in the ozone layer was f...
2 Mar 202016min
S1 Ep3: Isobel Rowell & Dieter Tetzner on using ice cores to study past climate
Rob Taylor
16 Feb 20209min
S1 Ep2: Weather forecasting in Antarctica, with Catherine Maguire & John Law
Host and field guide Rob Taylor talks to Catherine Maguire and John Law from the meteorology team who work at Rothera Research Station, where they put together daily forecasts for flight operations, b...
17 Nov 201922min
S1 Ep1: Elena Field on mapping Antarctica
Elena Field works in the Mapping and GIS (or MAGIC) team at British Antarctic Survey. She talks to host Rob Taylor about how you actually go about making and maintaining maps and data of Antarctica. W...
1 Nov 201913min
