S4: A polar voyage into the New Year, with Captain Matt Neill and Jo Johnson
Featuring buried festive duck, the A23a megaberg, and the mysterious 'King Neptune's Court'. Nadia Frontier talks to Captain Matt Neill of the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough from the Sout...
29 Dec 202336min
It's Christmas in Antarctica, with Aurelia Reichardt, Matt Hughes & Jo Cole
Featuring a missing frozen turkey, après-ski cinema, and Antarctic Secret Santa. Nadia Frontier talks to the team at Rothera Research Station about spending the festive season in Antarctica. How does ...
22 Dec 202337min
S3 Ep3: Joe Clay on small community living, and keeping the power on in Antarctica
Imagine being the person in charge of keeping the power on at a research base in Antarctica. That's Joe's job, no pressure. Joe Clay was the Generator Mechanic at Rothera Research Station during Antar...
9 Dec 202314min
S3 Ep2: Allie Clement on scientific fishing and life as an Marine Assistant in Antarctica
Allie Clement chats to host Nadia Frontier about their work as a fisheries scientist at King Edward Point Research Station in South Georgia, and moving to Rothera Research Station as Dive Officer and ...
19 Nov 202323min
S3 Ep1: Louis Day on boating in Antarctica and navigating ice
Louis Day was the Boating Officer at Rothera Research Station in 2022 - maintaining winter boating operations for marine biology, oceanography, and logistics around the station aged just 21 years old....
15 Nov 202321min
S2 Ep3: Crossing the Southern Ocean
In this episode, the James Clark Ross facilitates a summer field season at Signy Research Station at 60° South, squeezes through the Lemaire Channel at 65° S, crosses the Antarctic Circle at 66 °33 S ...
22 Jan 202213min
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
