Best ShackletonPodcast Podcasts (2025)

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160_Two_Years_at_Mawson_Station 1:08:19

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Bob Dovers does sterling OIC work setting the rhythm and mode of Mawson Station winters, though at considerable cost to his health. John Bechervaise continues in the grooves established by Dovers, cementing Australia's toehold in the cold and the meson telescopes in place. Phillip Law goes in to bat against bureaucrats cratting for all their bureau…

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159_Interviews_from_the_Australian_Antarctic_Festival_2024 58:21

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I recorded these interviews at the Australian Antarctic Festival in August 2024. I release them now in lieu of historical narrative episodes I should have ready but don't because reasons.

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158_Mawson_Station 1:10:36

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Phil Law and J. Lauritsen Lines join forces to finally get the ANARE a continental toehold.

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157_The_Final_Experiment 22:48

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What do you get if you cross religion with flat Earthers and Antarctica? A cross podcaster and little else.By Matthew Alan McArthur

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157_Libertarians_on_ice 31:59

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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 probably don't listen to my output, but any that do can dig a well, actually, and throw themselves down…

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155_TAE_and_IGY_foreshadowing 59:01

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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.

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154_Macquarie_Island_catch_up 39:17

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

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153_A_furtive_summiting_And_The_Frontier_Below 39:15

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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."

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152_Vodka_in_a_Vegemite_Jar 1:00:12

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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 space/lab, recording locations on audio cassette tape, wielding a hammer, and ignoring the ideologi…

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151_Jeff_Wilson_interview 1:11:50

2y ago1:11:50

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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.

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150_Shepherds_of_Heard_Island 52:01

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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, and claimed the lives of two winterers. "Ice Coffee" leaves Heard Island alone for a bit having docum…

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149_Heard_Island_Appendices 1:02:49

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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 innovative approaches by maritime challengers, and everyone got home safely, this episode.…

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148_The_Hope_Bay_Hype 1:50:57

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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 Esperanza. And Chile was there, too.

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147_Dr_Hillary_Sebeny 1:26:11

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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.

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146 An interview with Professor Nash, another with Marsh, and an important update about the series 1:43:03

2+ y ago1:43:03

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Professor Meredith Nash spent two years studying and reporting on the culture within the Australian Antarctic Division. Their findings, released late in 2022, may prove a turning point in the history of Australia's presence in Antarctica. Professor Nash spoke to me about their research and their experiences in Antarctica as part of the inaugural Ho…

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145_Josh_Jensen_Hercules_Maintainer 31:17

2+ y ago31:17

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Josh Jensen spent an austral summer keeping LC-130 Ski Hercules operational out of McMurdo. I spoke to him about the challenges that throws up and found out the days of boiling a pot of oil over the stove and pouring it into the sump ended with the last big roundy engines to depart the continent in the 1970s. Cheers to Josh for putting aside time t…

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144_Russia_has_re-entered_the_chat 51:27

2+ y ago51:27

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Some historical and political context for the Russian return south in Soviet Union form. Bolsheviks: form soviets and roll out.

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Part 6: Will Sonic Booms Return to our Skies? 33:28

3y ago33:28

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Why did Concorde disappear from our skies? In the final episode, we pose this question to the people closest to the Concorde project, from the teams who engineered its first flight to those who picked up the debris after the fatal Air France crash. We also discuss Concorde's legacy, and its impact on the aviation sector, on travel itself, and on th…

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143_Samantha_Hodder_This_Is_Our_Time 44:24

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I haven't interviewed other Antarctic podcasters because that would make for dull content. "Do you press record? Wow! I do, too! Hey, how good is Audacity? Antarctica's cold, huh?" This episode I interview Samantha Hodder about her Antarctic podcast because the stories told in her series, "This Is Our Time," lie so far outside those recounted in my…

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142_Port_Martin_on_the_continent_and_on_fire 1:05:14

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Paul Emile-Victor's charges are ashore and charging. But wait, there's more. Call now and get this free base fire valued at over five buildings.

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Part 5: Rising from the Ashes 37:25

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In the late afternoon of July 25th, 2000, a Concorde crashed into a hotel near Charles de Gaulle airport. Air France flight 4590 was carrying 100 passengers, most of them tourists from Germany, along with a crew of nine. All perished, including four people on the ground. The incident shocked the globe, and halted Air France Concorde operations inde…

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Part 4: Becoming the Sexiest Flight on Earth 31:01

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As teams of engineers work around the clock to keep the supersonic airplane safe and in the air, to the outside world Concorde has become a pop cultural icon. Princess Diana, Mick Jagger, Phil Collins, Joan Collins, Sting – these celebrities form an A-list of frequent flyers. The in-flight menu includes haute cuisine and expensive champaign; air tr…

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141_France_returns_south 28:59

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Port Martin. Port Au Francaise. Port Malloy. Port Jean d'Arc. You'd think the French would switch up it with some cognac or cointreau.

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140_Dave_Donnelly_and_really_big_whales 31:58

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If you set an AI process in motion to build a hard as nails nineteenth century seadog you'd likely arrive at Dave Donnelly in ninety-nine percent of your iterations. Dave looks and moves through the world as though he just stepped out of the pages of a Joseph Conrad book. Have a listen to episode 140 to understand why I value Dave's company and reg…

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139_Interview_with_Professor_McCahey_regarding_sexism_in_Antarctica 39:26

3y ago39:26

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Professor Daniella McCahey of Texas Tech discusses sexism at Antarctic stations. * Except by HamiltonSuites, who should lie on their left side, raise their right knee to their chest, lubricate this episode and stick it up their arse.

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138_Ice_Breakers 16:49

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Ice'll kill ya' That's what I said Ice'll kill ya' And then you'll be dead

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Part 3: "The Big Bird Flies!" 33:10

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Years of hard work, innovation, and unprecedented collaboration between teams in the U.K. and France make the impossible, possible: the first French Concorde prototype takes flight, and a new page in aviation history is written. But the supersonic airplane isn’t ready to ferry passengers just yet. As you’ll hear in episode 3, Concorde’s journey fro…

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Part 2: Building the Fastest Passenger Jet Ever 45:14

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In this episode, host Nastaran Tavakoli-Far and Lead Producer Pedro Mendes travel to the Musée Aeroscopia in Toulouse, France, where they stand spellbound marveling at a giant, glistening Air France Concorde. And they meet with nonagenarian Dudley Collard, a member of Concorde’s Aerodynamics Design team. When the recording crew mention the beauty o…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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160_Two_Years_at_Mawson_Station 1:08:19

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159_Interviews_from_the_Australian_Antarctic_Festival_2024 58:21

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158_Mawson_Station 1:10:36

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157_The_Final_Experiment 22:48

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157_Libertarians_on_ice 31:59

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155_TAE_and_IGY_foreshadowing 59:01

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154_Macquarie_Island_catch_up 39:17

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153_A_furtive_summiting_And_The_Frontier_Below 39:15

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152_Vodka_in_a_Vegemite_Jar 1:00:12

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151_Jeff_Wilson_interview 1:11:50

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150_Shepherds_of_Heard_Island 52:01

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149_Heard_Island_Appendices 1:02:49

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148_The_Hope_Bay_Hype 1:50:57

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147_Dr_Hillary_Sebeny 1:26:11

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146 An interview with Professor Nash, another with Marsh, and an important update about the series 1:43:03

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145_Josh_Jensen_Hercules_Maintainer 31:17

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144_Russia_has_re-entered_the_chat 51:27

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Part 6: Will Sonic Booms Return to our Skies? 33:28

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143_Samantha_Hodder_This_Is_Our_Time 44:24

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142_Port_Martin_on_the_continent_and_on_fire 1:05:14

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Part 5: Rising from the Ashes 37:25

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Part 4: Becoming the Sexiest Flight on Earth 31:01

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141_France_returns_south 28:59

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140_Dave_Donnelly_and_really_big_whales 31:58

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139_Interview_with_Professor_McCahey_regarding_sexism_in_Antarctica 39:26

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138_Ice_Breakers 16:49

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Part 3: "The Big Bird Flies!" 33:10

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Part 2: Building the Fastest Passenger Jet Ever 45:14